Any service dates (updated by VA Circular 26-21-08)
You meet the minimum active-duty service requirement if you served for:
Member must have performed not less than 90 cumulative days of full-time National Guard duty, of which, at least 30 of those days must have been consecutive.
NOTES: Full-time National Guard duty includes training or other duty in the member's status as a member of the National Guard of a State or territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia under 32 U.S.C. §§ 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 for which the member is entitled to pay from the United States or for which the member has waived pay from the United States. Full-time National Guard duty does not include inactive duty, such as monthly drills. It also does not include basic or initial training.
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What if I don’t meet the minimum service requirements?
You may still be able to get your certificate of eligibility if you were discharged for one of the reasons listed.
You must have been discharged for one of these reasons:
- Hardship
- The convenience of the government (you must have served at least 20 months of a two-year enlistment)
- Early out (you must have served 21 months of a two year enlistment)
- Reduction in force
- Certain medical conditions
- A service-connected disability (a disability related to your military service)
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