My High Year Tenure will be up April 2015. If I reenlist today it puts my expiration date September 2015, thats 5 months past what I am allowed. If I reenlist for 3 years then I am able to retire but I won’t for fill the required amount of service for the GI Bill.

So how can ESR allow me to stay longer than I am allowed so that my GI bill will be transfered?

If I am told that I can not stay in pass April 2015 then the GI bill won’t allow me to transfer. My son will start college fall of 2012.

It’s like a catch 22, what can I do?

I don’t understand why you can not reenlist for the required time frame – you are assuming you will not be promoted in the next 4 years??

If I’m not able the KEY word here is ABLE to obligate for an additional 4 years of service because I’m nearing retirement of the military won’t offer me the chance to reenlist can I still be approved for transfer of entitlement under the Post-9/11 GI Bill?

My current enlistment ends July 2012. My 20 years of service will be in April 2013. I will be High year tenure April 2015.

According to the printed rules I must re-enlist for 4 more years to transfer my benefits. The earliest I am able to re-enlist a year before July 2012 is after July 2011, however am not allowed 4 year because of my high year tenure. I need to re-enlist soon so I can get my retirement and for fill the GI Bill obligation.

Can I have someone call me and tell me what I have to do to get this resolved, Or who should I call? I called the 1-888-442-4551 and they said that I would have no problem re-enlisting, that some services members have been in for 35 years, I am not sure if they understood what I was asking them.

I have called several places and get no anwsers.

Please Help! w/ kind regards

I am in the same boat as you and was wondering what your outcome was? It has been almost a year since the last post was here. Can you help me? email me at terri8888[at]aol.com

In a nut shell; If you served the minimum time after 9/11 (see chart for amount on (this page GI Bill)), you are eligible for the Post 9/11 GI-Bill. There is no transferring of the MGIB required – you sign-up for the Post 9/11 benefits, and when you complete them, you get your $1200 back.

The above ONLY pertains to transferring the earned benefit to an eligible dependent, and has nothing to do with whether you are individually eligible for the Post 9/11 GI Bill.

quote: (4) FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT ON OR AFTER 1 AUGUST 2010 AND BEFORE 1 AUGUST 2011, TWO YEARS OF ADDITIONAL SERVICE IS REQUIRED.

And of course the next quote:B. REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED WILL REFLECT A PROJECTED
OBLIGATION END DATE (POED), NORMALLY FOUR YEARS. REQUESTS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS APPROACHING HIGH YEAR TENURE (HYT) WILL REFLECT A FOUR-YEAR POED; HOWEVER, IF UNABLE TO COMPLETE THIS OBLIGATION DUE TO HYT DISCHARGE, MEMBERS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TRANSFERABILITY OBLIGATION.

So does this mean, person enrolled in the MGIB, can transfer programs to the Post 9/11 GIB without extending?
Otherwise it seems that HYT retirees, if originally under the MGIB, are left in the dust should there retirement letters already be approved.

He has to be in your DEERS.

From what I understand, you had to indicate, before you retired, that you would use the transferability option otherwise you would not be eligible to do so. I suggest you contact the VA at 1(888)442-4551 to ask about your specific circumstance. Let us know how it works out so others may benefit from it.