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Chapter 4
Absences
Section I
General
4-1. Guidance
This chapter governs absences from Ready Reserve training. It applies to all ARNGUS and USAR soldiers. Table 4-1, Absences, lists reasons for absences, who may excuse or grant exceptions to unexcused absences, basis for approval or disapproval, and the documentation required.
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c. Officers and enlisted soldiers with the exception of ROTC/SMP cadets will be processed for reassignment or separation as prescribed in chapter 6 as soon as possible after the actions in paragraphs 4-6, 4-7, or 4-15a, as appropriate, result in a determination that the soldier is an unsatisfactory participant. ROTC/SMP cadets determined to be unsatisfactory participants may be removed from the SMP and transferred or reassigned to Control Group (ROTC) at the appropriate ROTC Region Headquarters in their cadet status (AR 601-210, para 10-23b).
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4-14. Unexcused absence from unit training assemblies
a. Unsatisfactory participation. A soldier is an unsatisfactory participant (according to para 4-15) when nine or more unexcused absences from scheduled inactive duty training (IDT)s occur during a 1-year period. (See b and c below for computation.) In the case of IMAs required to perform IDT, see paragraph 4-7a(2).
b. Charging unexcused absences. Unless an absence is authorized, a soldier failing to attend a scheduled single or multiple unit training assembly (MUTA) will be charged with an unexcused absence. When absence involves a MUTA (or any portion of a MUTA), the charge will be one unexcused absence for each 4-hour period not attended, but not to exceed four unexcused absences. If absent from a MUTA 5 or MUTA 6, the maximum number of unexcused absences charged is four. Unexcused absences remain charged to the soldier on reassignment or reenlistment in another RC unit.
c. Establishing the 1-year period. For counting unexcused absences, the 1-year period will begin on the date of the absence. It will end 1 year later. Beginning dates will be set for each succeeding unexcused absence. When longer than 1-year elapses from the date of an absence, it no longer will be counted. The new 1-year period will begin on the date of the later absence, if any.
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Chapter 5
Reassignment and Removal from Assignment
Section I
Conditions of Removal
5–1. General
a. An enlisted soldier must satisfactorily participate with a unit for the period specified by written contract, agreement, or statement of understanding.
b. Voluntary or involuntary removal from unit participation will be as prescribed by AR 135–178, AR 140–10, or
NGR 600–200, as appropriate, or under additional conditions cited in this section.
c. The reassignment or transfer of an enlisted soldier to the IRR under the conditions cited in this section is
authorized provided all of the following apply to the soldier:
(1) Soldier has a remaining statutory or contractual military service obligation.
(2) Required initial entry training (IET) has been completed and individual has been awarded an MOS.
(3) The soldier is not within 3 months of the expiration of a statutory or contractual military service obligation,
whichever is the later....
5–4. Unit inactivation or relocation
a. Soldiers who meet the criteria of paragraph 5–1c whose unit is inactivated or relocated will be reassigned/
transferred to the IRR if–
(1) They now live beyond commuting distance of their unit. (commuting distance is defined in paragraph 5–5.)
(2) There is no other unit of the same component within commuting distance.
b. Soldiers’ reassigned/transferred to the IRR under this paragraph will remain assigned to the IRR until they–
(1) Join or are assigned to another unit.
(2) Complete their statutory and/or contractual obligation.
5–5. Maximum involuntary travel distance
The maximum distance ARNGUS and USAR soldiers may travel involuntarily between their residence and the inactive
duty training (IDT) training site must be within—
a. A 50–mile radius of the inactive duty training (IDT) site. It will not exceed 1 1/2 hours of travel time one-way by
car under average traffic, weather, and road conditions
b. A 100–mile radius of the inactive duty training (IDT) site. (This policy is applicable to enlisted soldiers only.) It
is an alternative that can be applied when all of the conditions in (1) and (2) below can be met. It will not exceed 3
hours of travel time one-way by car under average traffic, weather, and road conditions.
(1) The soldiers must be assigned to units that normally conduct multiple unit training assemblies (MUTA) on 2
consecutive days (MUTA-4).
(2) Government-provided meals and quarters must be furnished at the training site.
c. Round-trip travel from home to perform IDT at the unit to which the soldier is assigned or attached will be at the
soldier’s expense....
Chapter 6
Enforcement Procedures
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6-2. Unsatisfactory participation enforcement procedures
When it has been determined that an ARNGUS or USAR officer or enlisted soldier is an unsatisfactory participant per chapter 4, the immediate commander will initiate proceedings that result in the reassignment, transfer, or separation of the unsatisfactory participant as prescribed in this paragraph. These proceedings are applicable when the unsatisfactory participant is
a. An enlisted soldier assigned to an ARNGUS or USAR unit or an IMA duty position, then-
(1) If the commander determines the soldier has potential for useful service under mobilization, the soldier will be processed under one of the following:
(a) Discharge from the ARNGUS and transfer to the IRR per NGR 600-200, paragraph 8-27g. The commander may also consider grade reduction per NGR 600-200, paragraph 6-44a(1)(f).
(b) Reassignment to the IRR from a USAR TPU or IMA duty position per AR 140-10, paragraph 4-15. The commander may also consider grade reduction per AR 140-158, paragraph 710.1.
(2) If the commander determines the soldier has no potential for useful service under mobilization, the soldier will be processed for discharge from Reserve of the Army status per AR 135-178, chapter 13....