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What is AR 614-30? AR 614-30 is an Army regulation that provides policies and procedures for the selection and assignment of soldiers to overseas service.

Who does AR 614-30 apply to? AR 614-30 applies to all soldiers in the Active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve, except those serving on active duty for training.

How does AR 614-30 determine overseas service assignments? AR 614-30 establishes a selection process based on a soldier's eligibility, preferences, and the needs of the Army.

Can soldiers request for overseas service? Yes, soldiers are encouraged to communicate their overseas service preferences through their assignment manager or career counselor. However, requests may not always be granted due to operational needs.

What factors are considered when determining a soldier's eligibility for overseas service? Factors such as security clearance, language proficiency requirements, and medical fitness are taken into account when determining a soldier's eligibility for overseas assignments.

Can soldiers be involuntarily assigned to overseas service? Yes, AR 614-30 allows for involuntary assignment to overseas service if a soldier's assignment to overseas duty is determined to be in the best interest of the Army and the soldier meets the eligibility requirements.

Can soldiers volunteer for specific overseas assignments? While soldiers can express their preferences for specific overseas assignments, final decisions are made based on the Army's needs and availability.

What happens if a soldier is assigned to an overseas location with family members? AR 614-30 addresses the policies and entitlements regarding the command-sponsored travel, housing, medical care, and education of family members accompanying soldiers during their overseas assignment.

Are there any exceptions to the overseas service policy? Yes, AR 614-30 allows for exceptions, such as medical limitations, humanitarian reasons, or unique professional development opportunities, when determining overseas service eligibility or assignment.

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Curtailments

5–1. Curtailment of outside the continental United States tours

a. To enhance stability and reduce costs of overseas assignments, Soldiers must serve the prescribed tour lengths for

the geographical areas in which they are assigned. Events due to unavoidable exigencies of military service may require reassignment before completion of the full tour. Curtailments will be minimized and granted on a case-by-case basis only when early return from overseas is the last recourse available to resolve the situations that require immediate aid or action.

b. Unless otherwise authorized in this regulation, the proper HQDA assignment authority is the approval authority

for curtailments of overseas tours. Fully justified requests are initiated by the first COL (O–6) in the Soldiers’ chain of command and approved by a general officer within the approving headquarters responsible for personnel management within the command and forwarded through channels to HQDA to arrive not later than 45 days before requested departure date. HQDA assignment authorities will ensure that curtailment AI and/or RFOs indicates whether tour credit will be awarded.

c. For efficient administration, HQDA assignment authorities may reassign a Soldier up to 60 days before the end of

the prescribed tour. The Soldier is considered to have completed the prescribed tour.

d. If AIs have been received, OCONUS ACOM, ASCC, and/or DRU approved curtailments must be reported as

soon as possible to HQDA assignment authority, the gaining commands, and if applicable, to gaining TDY station commanders.

e. OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may approve curtailment and evacuation of Soldiers.

(1) OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may curtail tours of Soldiers who discredit or embarrass the United States, or jeopardize the military mission (except in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or territories or possessions of the United States).

(a) For officers, OCONUS CDRs will take action in accordance with AR 600–8–24. If this is inappropriate, the

request is forwarded to the HQDA assignment authority.

(b) For enlisted personnel, curtailments will be coordinated with HQDA assignment authorities for issuance of AIs. (c) Report Army attaché personnel who discredit or embarrass the United States or jeopardize the military mission

to HQDA (DAMI–ZX).

(2) OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may curtail tours when Family members living with the sponsor must be moved to CONUS because of poor health or death. A curtailment decision is based on the urgency of the Soldier’s

continued presence with members of the Family and the recommendations of command medical authority. CDRs are cautioned not to authorize curtailments based solely on lack of medical or educational services until all means of resolution have been exhausted. Cases involving pregnancy miscarriages are forwarded to HQDA assignment authority for appropriate action.

(3) When an OCONUS unit is inactivated or scheduled for movement to CONUS, enlisted Soldiers within 90 days of date of separation may volunteer to separate and be curtailed by the OCONUS ACOM, ASCC, and/or DRU. Voluntary separation action is approved in accordance with AR 635–200.

(4) OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may approve curtailment and evacuation of Soldiers for medical reasons, such as Soldiers who test HIV positive (except for Soldiers in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or Virgin Islands) in accordance with AR 600–110 or Soldiers undergoing MAR2, MEB, and/or PEB processing unless it is for a medical necessity and directed by a military physician.

(5) See table 2–1 for reasons and authorities for approval of curtailments.

5–2. Exceptional curtailment cases

a. Exceptional curtailment cases are processed expeditiously. The authority for approval is the OCONUS ACOM,

ASCC, and/or DRU. HQDA assignment authority must be notified as soon as possible of the events and scheduled date of return to CONUS so that AIs can be issued as soon as possible. Tour credit normally is not granted unless the Soldier is within 60 days of completion of the prescribed tour. Examples of exceptional cases are—

(1) Potential defection or desertion (for example, investigative and intelligence personnel whose mission is compro- mised and it is possible that they could be harmed).

(2) Extreme personal hardship. When expeditious removal of a Soldier is in the best interests of the Army (for example, a Soldier causes an embarrassment that affects the command’s relationship with a foreign government, other than U.S. territories).

(3) Threat to life (for example, cases relating to incidents or allegations that are likely to result in harm to Soldiers and/or their immediate Family members).

(4) When children become victims of physical or sexual abuse, and cases that involve Family victims of serious crimes. Curtailment does not preclude action by CDRs against Soldiers under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

(5) Military sexual offenders. Soldiers convicted of an offense covered by 42 USC 16911 and AR 27–10 are ineligible for continued duty at OCONUS locations except to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or territories or possessions of the United States. They will be returned to CONUS or a permitted OCONUS location as soon as possible.

b. HQDA assignment authority will report AIs to Installation Management Command (IMCOM) for purposes of

conducting any appropriate follow on actions.

5–3. Curtailment of pregnant Soldiers

a. Curtailed pregnant Soldiers are reported for reassignment to the HQDA assignment authority.

b. Unless an official noncombatant evacuation is ordered, pregnant Soldiers are not automatically reassigned or

curtailed because of pregnancy.

c. If recommended by a physician and approved by medical authority, pregnant Soldiers may be curtailed in order to

receive proper prenatal and postpartum medical care.

d. Tour credit is determined in accordance with table 3–2.

e. At the end of a pregnancy, (miscarriage, abortion, full term) and period of convalescence, the Soldier may be

returned to an OCONUS area if she has not been credited with a completed OCONUS tour and travel is not medically contraindicated by a postpartum physical profile.

f. OCONUS CDRs may curtail unmarried or married unaccompanied pregnant Soldiers in long-tour areas to dates

that coincide with their seventh month of pregnancy, provided there are six or fewer months to DEROS at the expected date of birth.

g. Any pregnant Soldier may be curtailed in a short-tour area (must not conflict with travel restrictions set by a

medical profile officer) if—

(1) Pregnancy reaches the stage that safe return would require involuntary extension. (2) Medically verified expected date of delivery is fewer than 60 days before DEROS.

h. Other than cases approved according to the paragraph 5–3g, pregnant Soldiers in short-tour areas may also be

returned to CONUS upon approval by HQDA assignment authorities. A request for curtailment must include the expected delivery date and a description of one or more of the following conditions that may exist:

(1) No vacancy for the Soldier’s specialty exists within the command where she can be assigned, if necessary, to receive proper prenatal and postnatal care. This includes branch or functional area or branch immaterial positions for officers; PMOS, career progression military occupational specialty (CPMOS), secondary military occupational special- ty, and additionally awarded military occupational specialty for enlisted Soldiers.

(2) No adequate medical facilities are available within the command to care for Soldier during pregnancy and postnatal period, as determined by the CDR, Medical Treatment Facility (see AR 40–400).

(3) No adequate resources (such as housing, childcare, medical care, or infant food) are available to care for the child after its birth.

5–4. Pregnancy of spouse

Pregnancy of spouse and her return to CONUS for related health reasons may not be the sole basis for a Soldier’s tour to be curtailed. However, OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may curtail the tour of a Soldier if his presence with his spouse is deemed essential to recovery as recommended by the attending physician. These curtailments must be coordinated with the HQDA assignment authorities before Soldiers and/or Family members depart the command.

5–5. Required and compassionate curtailments

a. Punitive actions. Soldiers pending completion of an appellate review of a punitive discharge who request excess

leave are curtailed by the OCONUS CDR without regard to completion of prescribed tours. If excess leave is approved by the OCONUS ACOM, ASCC, and/or DRU, the Soldier is assigned to the personnel control facility closest to the leave address (see AR 600–62). Soldiers will be returned to CONUS provided—

(1) Any sentence of confinement has been deferred or served.

(2) The Soldier is not subject to further trial or investigation within the OCONUS command.

b. Personnel eligible for separation.

(1) Soldiers normally will be returned to CONUS or area of residence for separation.

(2) OCONUS tours may be curtailed for those Soldiers whose early release has been approved in conjunction with voluntary or involuntary programs (for example, Selective Early Retirement Board, reduction in force, very seriously ill, special separation benefit, Quality Management Program, and so on). Soldiers in units that are to be inactivated or ordered to PCS who are within 90 days to ETS or ESA may also be curtailed when their request for voluntary early separation is approved. Separate requests for curtailment are not necessary in these cases.

(3) Overseas ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may curtail OCONUS tours for Soldiers who desire and are granted accrued leave according to AR 600–8–10 prior to separation.

c. Curtailment of Soldiers returned to the continental United States for emergency leave or temporary duty.

(1) Orders issued according to AR 600–8–105 to return Soldiers to CONUS for TDY or emergency reasons will—

(a) Provide for a PCS if on the last day of scheduled TDY and/or emergency leave there will be 60 days or fewer

remaining until the end of the OCONUS prescribed tour or term of service. Reassignment instructions, if required, will be requested from HQDA (see AR 635–200 for enlisted personnel scheduled for retirement).

(b) Specify “return OCONUS” for Soldiers who, after TDY and/or emergency leave, will have more than 60 days

remaining on their OCONUS prescribed tour or have enough time remaining to date of separation to complete more than 60 days of their remaining tour.

(2) Provisions of paragraph 5–5c(1) do not apply to Soldiers who—

(a) Are on ordinary leave to areas outside OCONUS area of assignment.

(b) Are returning to CONUS to perform a specific mission for an OCONUS command. Orders will contain

instructions that they are to report results of the mission, in person, to the OCONUS command.

(c) Have Family members OCONUS and request return to that command when leave or TDY in CONUS or area of

residence expires.

(d) Request return to the command to move HHGs and clear other normal rotation details, although they do not

have Family members OCONUS.

d. Compassionate assignment to outside the continental United States areas. Soldiers receiving compassionate

assignments to an OCONUS area, to include Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United States, will serve the prescribed tour whenever possible for the location to which assigned. However, after 12 months in the assignment and if the compassionate assignment is not extended, the Soldier will be curtailed unless there are authorized positions in the specialties and grades within the command to which they can be assigned. If there are no authorized positions available for proper utilization, OCONUS commanders must request curtailment and reassignment instructions from the HQDA assignment authority at least 45 days before the first anniversary of the Soldier’s assignment.

Foreign Service Tour Extensions

6–1. Involuntary foreign service tour extensions

does not constitute a basis to retain Soldiers beyond their scheduled ETS or ESA. HQDA assignment authorities and OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may disapprove IFSTE requests from a unit.

b. Soldiers within 30 days of DEROS are not eligible for IFSTE; therefore, requests must be submitted in time for

HRC to process them to completion before Soldier comes to within 30 days of DEROS. Only timely and valid requests are to be forwarded to the HQDA assignment authority. On a case-by-case basis, DCS, G–1 may approve Soldiers’ IFSTE for 180 days or fewer—

(1) When presence is required to meet immediate and critical operational requirements. (2) When assigned to a unit being inactivated or during base closures.

(3) When selected for training at a school when the start date does not reasonably coincide with DEROS.

c. On a case-by-case basis, DCS, G–1 may also approve IFSTE for periods up to 60 days to support military field

exercises or operations not involving hostilities.

d. On a case-by-case basis, HQDA assignment authorities in the grade of COL (O–6) or above may approve IFSTE

in 60 day increments or less for—

(1) Completion of investigations or trials by military or foreign authorities.

(2) Completion of required administrative actions (for example, Soldiers undergoing separation processing, MAR2, MEB, and/or PEB processing, compliance with host-country customs and regulations, or non-judicial punishment, court-martial, and so on).

e. To be eligible for reassignment to CONUS and thereby avoid IFSTE, Soldiers serving—

(1) In overseas areas where the accompanied tour is authorized must have at least 12 months remaining obligated service upon scheduled arrival date at gaining CONUS duty station. Soldiers who cannot be utilized locally may be reassigned to CONUS with six months remaining obligated service if they are reassigned under the EFMP, as prisoners, from patient status, or from operations in a hostile environment.

(2) On dependent-restricted overseas tours must have at least six months remaining obligated service upon arrival date at gaining CONUS duty station.

f. Soldiers who will not meet the service remaining requirement (SRR) to qualify for reassignment after completion

of the prescribed overseas tour will be counseled first prior to departing their losing CONUS duty station, again upon arrival in the overseas theater, and not later than 12 months (six months in short-tour areas) prior to initial DEROS. Soldiers will be advised that if they do not extend or reenlist to qualify for reassignment from overseas, at six months prior to DEROS their tours will be involuntarily extended by the OCONUS command until two days prior to ETS or date of separation, according to paragraphs 6–1f(1) through 6–1f(4). For Soldiers already on AIs at the time the tour is extended, commands will request deletion of assignment due to failure to meet SRR.

(1) Officers who do not meet the SRR to qualify for the OCONUS to CONUS assignment must request extension of their service agreement within 30 days from the date of HQDA assignment notification. If they fail to request extension, their tour will be extended to two days prior to ESA, and the AIs will be canceled.

(2) Upon receipt of HQDA AIs, enlisted career Soldiers (those on second or subsequent enlistment) who do not meet the SRR to qualify for the assignment will be counseled and notified in writing that they will be required to reenlist or extend within 30 days of written notification in order to qualify for the assignment. Enlisted career Soldiers who fail to meet the SRR in a timely manner will have DA Form 4991–R (Declination of Continued Service Statement) initiated according to AR 601–280 and the form will be placed in their personnel qualification records. Their tours will be adjusted to two days prior to ETS and AIs will be canceled.

(3) Initial-term Soldiers are exempt from having to extend or reenlist 30 days after counseling. DA Form 4991–R will not be used; however, their tour will be extended to two days prior to ETS when they indicate that they do not intend to reenlist. If they later change their mind prior to completing prescribed tour or after entering the reenlistment window, they lose their eligibility to extend their service. They must reenlist to become eligible for reassignment. (4) Soldiers who were involuntarily extended and who later acquire sufficient service to be eligible for reassignment will be allowed to depart the overseas area after completing the prescribed tour or within 120 days after date of assignment notification, whichever is longer. Career counselors must take this time into consideration when Soldiers desire to reenlist for training or station of choice options.

6–2. Voluntary foreign service tour extensions

a. Eligible Soldiers are encouraged to extend their overseas tours. Time limitations and authorities for approval are

listed in table 6–2. OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs may disapprove FSTE requests. This authority may be delegated to subordinate CDRs by OCONUS ACOMs, ASCCs, and/or DRUs. As an exception, applications on JAGC officers, chaplains, and chaplain assistants with appropriate recommendations are forwarded to the appropriate address in appendix C.

b. Although a Soldier may not have sufficient remaining service to complete a FSTE, a request may be conditionally

approved; however, if Soldier does not meet the SRR within 60 days of the approval date, the FSTE is canceled and the original DEROS reestablished.

canceled when necessary to balance strength. The MPD and/or PSDR S1s will adjust DEROS so that strength projections are correct and to ensure the Soldier’s timely reassignment to CONUS.

d. Only an HQDA assignment authority (appropriate career branch) may cancel a FSTE if it has not yet begun. For

exceptions, see paragraph 4–1j, when Soldiers volunteer for a COT or IPCOT.

e. Once a Soldier begins serving an FSTE, it will not be canceled unless the tour is curtailed in accordance with this

regulation.

f. Soldiers declared IA for reassignment are ineligible to extend their OCONUS tours unless approved by an HQDA

assignment authority.

g. Personnel requiring resident rehabilitative treatment for alcohol or drug abuse in an approved Army or other

Military Service residential treatment program may submit requests for voluntary FSTE at any time prior to DEROS. Command and medical members of the rehabilitation team will provide supporting documentation (see AR 600–85).

h. If AIs are received and the FSTE precludes the Soldier from arriving at the gaining command in the arrival

month, submit deletion or deferment action within 30 days of notification of assignment (see AR 600–8–11).

6–3. Overseas Tour Extension Incentive Program

a. The OTEIP, authorized under the authority of 10 USC 705 and 37 USC 314, is designed to improve Soldier

retention, enhance unit readiness, increase stabilization, and reduce turnaround time between assignments. Rest and recuperation (R&R) absences, travel benefits, and lump-sum bonuses are available for qualified Soldiers who have an OTEIP specialty, are serving in OTEIP designated geographical areas, and voluntarily extend their overseas service tours for not less than one year.

b. The Secretary of the Army approves MOSC and OCONUS locations that are recommended for the OTEIP. The

CDR, HRC manages the OTEIP and publishes at least annually the approved OTEIP MOSC and geographical area listings.

c. OCONUS ACOM, ASCC, and/or DRU and MPD and/or PSDR S1s will furnish subordinate commanders with a

copy of each message edition of the OTEIP list of specialties and geographical locations. The approved list is used to

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