Iloveturtles
Junior Member
I'm in the Coast Guard also and in the same boat as you, I'm prior service Navy, 7 Yrs Active and 5 Yrs Reserves. 10.5 Yrs Active Coast Guard, I spoke to a 12 year Marine JAG and he said I was protected under Sanctuary title 10 when I hit my 18 year mark and if my Expected Active Duty Termination Date was later then your 20 Yr mark then HYT doesn't effect you and that I was golden. I then called Coast Guard Legal to verify and I was told that USCG members are not protected under Title 10 Sanctuary, which makes no sense to me because every other branch recognizes it, but we are different, so I want to talk to others and see what they have heard, legal is still checking for me on the HYT part because the Marine told me all HYT keeps me from doing is REENLISTING and BEING PROMOTED, Also legal told me that because I was prior service, that I have 22.5 years Active/Reserve time in and I will have over 19.5 years Active Duty on 1SEP2016 when I'm due to be processed for discharge that it could make the Coast Guard look bad. The Alcoast message 039/14 paragraph 8 talks about TERA but as of now only Officers qualify for that and I don't think it will ever apply to the Enlisted community. Please reply back if you know anything this subject and how it applies to the Coast Guard.