PO2FinClk said:
Simple answer, look at your ETP Instr and it will state the rank and IPC you are to be at - that is the authority under which you were enrolled and not simply a tool to get you in. Whatever is on it must either be enforced or submitted through the CoC to CFRG for adjudication. Nothing else really to say about this subject.
In echoing what PO2FinClk said above, it is essential that
you write up a memo formally requesting that your reenlistment file and ETP undergo a "Formal Review" by CFRG.
I just went through this this past spring at my last Unit for a member who was getting nowhere with his OR, who were all insistant that his ETP was the final word.
After talking to a live human at CFRG ref the matter on his behalf, CFRG informed me that the member should submit a Memorandum (Subj: "Req CFRG formal review of reenlistment and ETP Instruction") ...
I gave him a call and he came into my office & we whipped up the Memo, attached a copy of his ETP Instruction and submitted it formally. The next week we were informed via telecon that his file review was underway, and my Chief Clerk received an ammended ETP Instruction the 3rd week which corrected his trg history, incentive category, and rank -- retroactive of course, as it should be. She went in and fixed up his pay and EMAA for him immediately -- being that he was now tasked to us for the time period in question.
BTW -- the "5 year" rule out of ranks
can be considered moot if a member was determined to have improved or upgraded skills applicable to his trade during the time period that he was OUT of the CF. That's something to consider as well. The worst case scenario for you is that they are going to say "no." You won't know definitively however until you request a formal review by CFRG -- officially and in writing.
Good luck.