Hey all I got a little situation here. I just PCSed to Ft. Stewert and in a brigade thats going to NTC in August, and deploying by the end of the year. The brigade I was wanting to transfer to is not deploying for a while and they are hurting for personel anyway. The reason I was wanting to transfer is that my wife is going to have our baby around Aug 5th. And I was wanting to spend some time with my wife and child before I deploy again. My question is that how do I go about trying to switch over to a different brigade; do I put in a 4187? So if you could, explain how the process works and how do I do so. Thank you ahead of time for any information.

I wouldn't know... but welcome back anyway.

Try going thru your chain of command first.

But seriously, you might want to PM 03USMC or DTop or DUTY Honor Country.

I don't have the AR's in front of me right now so. I don't think the DA4187 will work. I believe that in order to request transfer to another brigade you'll have to request Change of Assignment from your parent unit (division) to another brigade within the unit.

Best bet go to your 1st Sgt. Explain your position and he can direct you to the proper paperwork. Keep in mind if your unit is spooling up it's gonna be the needs of the Army.

I've talked to my chain of command earlier today. My platoon sergeant said he'll run it by the SGM sometime soon. He says more than likely not but they might be able to work something out with me. But now I'm just waiting to see what the SGM says I just pray it works out.

the reason why the non-deploying BDE is short of people is that they are probably filling up the deploying unit. You may or may not be able to do the transfer, but if you are in the BDE and they are set to roll out.. you may be stuck..

Tough, but reality is a bi**h

Well yeah I know I'm stuck here so I'm not too worried about it. Its my turn to go back to Iraq anyway. But thanks a lot for all the replies and concern.