Absent Without Leave

1. I, Rachel Hopkins (Breeden-0562), am requesting an Exception to Policy (ETP) to retain my NPSEB. 2. I am asking for an exception; as I graduated Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in 2013 I had to go down to Arkansas for a family emergency. I knew I was not going to be down there for very long, and had no intentions of staying permanently. At the time of recently graduating I did not know that I could have trained with another unit instead of doing an Inner State Transfer (IST). All I knew was I wanted to be a good soldier and not miss any drills or be considered Absent Without Leave (AWOL). I figured that everything had to be done on paperwork and this was the only way for me to continue to have a good standing with the Army National