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required to waive his or her “sanctuary” rights at the 18 year mark upon acceptance of an an an AGR position If you’re unfamiliar with the sanctuary clause it it simply means that once you
you
reach 18 years of active service you
you
cannot be separated (with exceptions such as failure of drug urinalysis or other extremely rare conditions that would result in in a a a a a a less than honorable discharge) Unknowingly members especially the younger airmen or or soldiers sign away this right in order to accept the the the AGR position Also another misconception is is the the the fact that once once you
you
you
retire you
you
you
can “buy back” your your time and continue your your civil service career No you
you
you
can’t If you
you
you
retire from the the military and receive payment for it it the the actual civil service time that that you
you
have is all that that you
you
will be accredited In other words if you
have 6 years of actual civil service time and then you
you
you
retire as an an an AGR you
you
you
will return (if you
you
you
bid on another civil civil service service job) to civil civil service service with 6 years years You would have another 14 years years to retire from civil service 11