High Year of Tenure (HYT)
Quite basically, this is the military's "up or out" system for enlisted personnel. Under HYT, if an enlisted member does not make a certain rank within a certain amount of time, they are not allowed to re-enlist. For example, if a solder in the Army does not make the grade of E-4 by the time he/she has ten years in the service, he/she won't be allowed to stay in (of course, if forced out before they were eligible for retirement -- i.e. with less than 20 years of service -- they would most likely be eligible for involuntary separation pay). See our HYT Charts for complete information.
Continued in Part 12 - Military Medical Care
Other Parts to this Series:
- Part 1 -- Choosing a Military Service
- Part 2 -- Meeting the Recruiter
- Part 3 -- The Enlistment Process and Job Selection
- Part 4 -- Enlistment Contracts and Enlistment Incentives
- Part 5 -- Military Pay
- Part 6 -- Housing, Housing Allowance, and Barracks
- Part 7 -- Chow Halls and Food Allowance
- Part 8 -- Education Programs
- Part 9 -- Leave (Vacation), and Job Training
- Part 10 -- Assignments
- Part 12 -- Military Medical Care
- Part 13 -- Commissaries and Exchanges
- Part 14 -- Morale, Welfare, & Recreation (MWR) Activities
