AF dep wanting to switch

[Futhork]

OK currently i am an airforce depper but i wanted to switch branches and since how the airforce chat guys refuse to talk to me calling me a cotton necked quitter. I just done feel like the technology field is for me and i would like to switch to infantry. How do i get out of this situation? i have already swore in and everything too.

[Lisa 23]

How about filling out all of your profile so the Marines who are going to answer your questions know who they are talking to.

[Wyoming]

WTF is a 'cotton necked quitter'?

[Futhork]

hell if i know thats what i got called tho.

[Lisa 23]

-Is the DEP binding? How can I get out of it?

Question: – Is the DEP binding? How can I get out of it?

Answer: Legally, the Delayed Enlistment Program is a binding contract. When one enlists in the DEP, one becomes a member of the inactive reserves, and is obligated to report for active duty on the date indicated on the enlistment contract. In fact, paragraph 8a of the enlistment contract (DD Form 4/1) states: "I understand that I will be ordered to active duty as a Reservist unless I report to the place shown in item 4 by (date) for enlistment in the Regular Componant of the United States (Branch of Service)..."


However, under current policies, all of the military services will honor requests for discharge from the DEP. Such requests should be in writing. If an individual should fail to request a discharge from the DEP, and then fail to show up on the agreed upon date, usually they are then discharged automatically from the DEP within six months (until they are officially discharged, individuals are ineligible to enlist in any branch of the service).

If one is discharged from the DEP, in order to enlist again in that same service, one would require a waiver to be issued by the Recruiting Squadron/Batallion/Division. This means that if one is discharged from the DEP and wants to later rejoin that same service, because he/she will require a waiver, many enlistment options (such as guaranteed job or enlistment bonus) may not be available to them.
As far as I've been able to determine, being discharged from the DEP in one service, and then applying to join a different service, does not require a waiver. More details about DEP discharges can be found in my feature articles The Delayed Enlistment Program, or What's in an Oath?, or What the Recruiter Never Told You.

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joini...y/f/faqdep.htm



The Delayed Enlistment Program (DEP)
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/dep.htm

[polizei]

I would have to guess...talk to a recruiter?

[Futhork]

so on average how long would it take my leave from dep to be processed and is there a waiting time before joining another branch...?

[Lisa 23]

so on average how long would it take my leave from dep to be processed and is there a waiting time before joining another branch...?

Most of the Marines here aren't recruiters, so we can't answer that question for you. Yes, there are a few recruiters who come on the boards from time to time, but until then and like polizei said, talk with a recruiter.

[Futhork]

ok well ill talk to my af recruiter last. since he will be mad if i get this to go through.

[mjhpgh]

WTF is a 'cotton necked quitter'?

I have never heard that one either .