http://www.army.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9710
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As I was about to post this, I reread it and noticed the last sentence, "It was a choice of course..." But because of the horror stories friends/family have told me about their experiences I'll still ask this question. Can you be forced or ordered to drop RIP?I just graduated 11B OSUT yesterday (yay). During OSUT, they called every RIP contract holder (Option 40) to the class room and "asked" them all to drop their contracts. Apparently, theres too many rangers as it is. All of the soldiers that were asked to drop RIP were offered Airborne+choice of station, or a Special Forces contract. Only 2 of the 64 Option 40 holders were asked to not drop their contract.
It was a choice of course, but the moral is that the Army is apparently trying their best to keep people out of RIP for now.
My lawyer genes are telling me this is BS and they can ask/intimidate all they want but can't order you to un-volunteer if you have it in your contract. But then I've been told that once your in, your in, and it's all up to the needs of the Army.
I'm not going to let this discourage me because I'm going to give One hundred percent and then some. And if this is really the case, I'm going to be one of the two.