Apologies for resurrecting this one. I read the instruction and have a few questions:
1- Does this have to be at a recruiting command? Could I help out at a local reserve base or ROTC unit?
For it to be "OHARP," yes. But that doesn't mean you can't get no-cost TAD to some other unit. I know there's a guy at Meridian who got n/c TAD to go back to his ROTC unit for a while. Not sure how he pulled it off, though.
2- Is this a one time only deal? I had an ROTC instructor tell me that she was able to get TAD orders like this easily and somewhat regularly as long as she wasn't doing anything---is this true, or is it more of a one shot deal?
Since it doesn't say 'no,' I would say 'maybe.'
3- Is it a big deal for your current command? In other words, does asking to get these orders cut piss off your chain of command?
TW5 StuCon had no issues w/ me doing OHARP, only as long as it was 30 days, no more, and I had to guarantee no more days were requested by some NRD CO. Otherwise I would be a "dead man" according to the StuConO at the time.
If you want to do OHARP, contact the NRD and find out how you can help first, then present the plan to your command. I assume the same would work well for an ROTC command.