<p>Can’t speak to individual people, but my understanding would be that the service obligation (5 years in Active Duty, or 8 years in Industry) would have to be fulfilled. Historically, they seemed to be waived more easily. THAT is no longer the case… much like West Point and NA have tightened up on their waivers – insisting on Active Duty now more strongly than they did in the past , when athletes wanted to be drafted by pro sports teams. for instance.</p>
<p>If you are implying that their duty needed to be actually AFLOAT, then please chat us up again after you let the Navy and Marine Corps folks doing logistics that they need water under their feet to be really fulfilling their obligation. 
[ Military Logistics is an especially thankless job… if you don’t have the bullets AND the toilet paper where it’s needed, SOMEBODY’S having a tough time ]</p>
<p>I’m sure it is especially troublesome with spending that much effort training officers and having them do the whole ‘five-and-dive’ (not going past their initial contractual obligation and continuing within the services). Solving the front side (waivers) of that equation will be helpful for all services. Solving the Back side (retention) of that equation is a tougher problem.</p>