Overseas Returnee Prioritization
Members returning from overseas are prioritized by category. Individuals return in one of three groups. The first group are those individuals serving an unaccompanied tour and the tour length is 17 months or less and dependents ARE restricted (member is not given the opportunity to take dependents). The second group are those individuals who serve the unaccompanied tour and the unaccompanied tour length is 17 months or less and dependents ARE NOT restricted or limited. The last group are the individuals that are serving on a tour of 18 months or more (regardless of the accompanied status).
Once the return category is determined, we then look at the number of credited short tours by group (not including current tour). In other words, whoever has the most short tours within a priority group would have priority. In addition to credited short tours, we also consider tour extensions within the same priority group. Tour extensions raise a member's priority within their priority group. These tour extensions need to be in increments of 6 months for short tours and 12 months for long tours. In the event of a tie within a priority group, we use grade, DOR, TAFMSD, to break it. Again, this is just a summary of the prioritization process and if you need more information see your MPF or Commander's Support Staff.
