John A. Henneberger v. The United States

I respectfully dissent from the opinion of the majority in this case.

Prior to the termination of his tour of duty, plaintiff, a commissioned officer in the Naval Reserve with more than 5 years’ continuous service on active duty, made two requests to the Chief of Naval Personnel for additional periods of active duty. The first request was for an active duty agreement for a 1-year period in Hawaii. In his second request plaintiff sought “an active duty agreement for a full regular tour,” without specification of the length of the re*243quested tour, the type of duty, or the place in which he wished…