Army dentist Capt. Tina Mahuika's struggle to resign from military service is featured in a recent Stripes article. Apparently Mahuika took a 3-year HPSP scholarship for dental school graduating in 2005. Her 3-year payback was fulfilled in 2008 but she has been unable to leave active duty due to a lost request for release and a stop loss order:

Army Capt. Tina Mahuika finds herself in a rat’s nest of red tape.

Depending on which Army explanation you consider, the dentist with Landstuhl’s 464th Medical Company can’t get out of the Army because her unit is stop-lossed or because she took a $12,000 bonus to stay in the Army through Sunday. Or both.

A 2007 request to leave the Army went nowhere. Mahuika’s second resignation request was denied, even though she has the support of several high-ranking officers. A third request is pending.

Comment: This scenario reads as if it were right out of Joseph Heller's novel Catch 22. Hang in there Tina and thanks for your service. If this type of scenario exists for an officer or senior enlisted wonder what it is like for the little guy?