Originally Posted by
Woodro
I'll second Super Galaxy’s remark to Kikuchiyo, thanks for the excellent info!
You're welcome. It's nice to know that I can help.
(can they) extend tours past the four year point?
No, 4 yrs is the max that the program was established for. I don't know if that's a statutory limit, but that's as far as HAF has authority to extend us under the LPRP or RRORP.
Sanctuary is a separate statutory entitlement.
Could it be matched up with the Non-Vol. tour we have been tasked?
Not for mobility guys. They simply can't justify extending mobility guys given that the community as a whole is over 140% manned, and we're throwing other guys out to get down to our total AF end-strength. The rated manning guys at HAF can't win that fight with the manpower and money guys, and the higher ups can't justify it politically to SAF, SecDef, Congress, etc.
I'm curious about said "non-vol tour." Do you mean a normal 179 deployment, or something longer? If it's a 365 iTDY or a remote, then it should have come to your unit with a name attached.