INACTIVE Reserves being mobilized? - OR, WA, TN?

[Eloriel]

http://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/archives/051504-inactive_reserve_ord.php#006982

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The commander interviewed last night was shocked by the mobilization, and that the order had only gone out on the web (which site was not noted). He said that Inactive Reservists would be getting letters - probably Monday. The only direct information I found was National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of May 12, 2004 from the DoD link.

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[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Wow, some of my friends are IR. I will be following this news closely.

[Wickerman]

2. I know a guy mobilized here in Minnesota

He got married last Saturday. On Monday, he got his letter telling him to find a unit or have one found for him. IRR, it used to be just a paper thing, now it has teeth. Mean, nasty, ugly teeth.

What I find interesting is that a lot of call ups, at least anecdotally are for Afghanistan and for tank units. My nephew (AD Army) did a year in Iraq (choppers) and now gets a year in Afghanistan. I know of a Ft Hood tank unit called up for Afghanistan. Big summer offensive?

[Speck Tater]

3. Future headlines

Big earthquake in Ancorage. Call up the National Guard to help in rescue efforts. Whoops! They're all in Iraq. Sorry.

Huge wildfire threatens Los Angeles. Call up the National Guard to help control the fires. Whoops! They're all in Iraq. Sorry.

Monster hurricane flattens Florida city. Call up the National Guard to help in rescue efforts. ... you know the rest.

Tornados rip through downtown Chicago. Call up. oh well. You get the picture.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. Or hopefully:

Democrats storm Republican convention. Call up the National Guard to help in rescue efforts. Whoops! They're all in Iraq. Sorry.

[tnlefty]

4. The two 50-somethings who I know have been called up have known

since the end of April or the first of May. I don't know if this is something different.

[Nlighten1]

5. This happened to me during DS1

[Mr_Lefty]

7. I am IRR

Guess I'll be going if this is true...

[soup]

11. Please pardon me for asking -

What is an Inactive Reservist?

[m-jean03]

13. Someone who has already served a four-year commitment

I believe -- now being called up to put in more time. Saw this on the news last night.

[9215]

22. I spent 4 years on active duty in the Navy during Nam era

and two years on inactive reserve. I'm almost certain that I have no other "obligations", but now I here that there is an 8 year committment and these 50 somethings going back in.

:wtf:

This boy (50+) is going to jail, or getting asylum in some other country if they try to get me back in.

[Mr_Lefty]

15. Someone who is not drilling

In my case I have an obligation to be in the reserves but I do not actively participate (drill weekends)- I was drilling but with a full time job and graduate school at night I was doing too much. I requested to be transferred to IRR status (before 9/11) which they granted. IRR stands for individual ready reserve- I get a letter once a year asking for changes in my physical condition, job, education, etc. I just got a letter about two months ago. My old reserve unit is in Iraq now.

[Mr_Lefty]

17. link

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/i/02577.html

[Mr_Lefty]

18. better link

http://www.defenselink.mil/ra/secondary/componentsfaq.html

[soup]

19. Thank you,

and I'll go check out the links.

Think the bottom just fell out of my stomach.

Don't imagine this is sitting too well with you, either.

[iamjoy]

8. They're Going To Bring Back The Draft

I don't get it, why are they calling up Inactive Reserves is we're going to be out of Iraq in six weeks?

[grasswire]

9. please tell me...

...exactly what is an Inactive Reserve?

Is it anyone who has ever been in the reserves?

[Nashyra]

10. I'm curious also

my step son was in a guard unit and got out after several years and then my step daufghter told me that last year on his birthday his committment expired but he is only 28? Does he still qualify?

[LizW]

12. As I understand it

the committment for anyone who enlists for active duty or regular reserves is a total of 8 years. If, for instance, you enlist and serve four years in the reserves and then get out, there is still a window of four more years in which you can be called back, although you have had no contact with anything military and haven't drilled or trained during that period. I found no mention of any age limit on this obligation.

I know IRRs were called back during the Korean Conflict. Does anyone know if they were used in Viet Nam or Gulf War I?

[jmowreader]

20. The Individual Ready Reserve

When you join the military, your initial commitment is for eight years.

Everyone does some time on active duty--the term for someone who's a soldier all the time. This is for initial entry training.

After you graduate from IET, one of two things happens to you. If you joined the military to be an active-duty member, you go to a duty station. If you joined as a Selective Reservist, you report to the armory your unit uses and do the "once a month, two weeks a year" thing (although some units come in more often--aviation units are a prime example).

Once your active-duty time ends, you can do one of three things. You can always reenlist, which means you stay in the Army. Lots of troops go to the Selective Reserve--the reserve recruiter finds them a Reserve or National Guard unit who needs them and who will take them, and the guy starts reporting to drills once a month. Everyone else goes to the Individual Ready Reserve--you call in once a year or so and tell 'em you are still intact.

Every once in a while the IRR will hold "mobilization exercises." You can apply to participate in them. If you do one, you go through all the steps necessary to bring you back on active duty--physical, shots, bad haircut, uniform issue, updating records, a trip to the dentist...Fort Bragg did one that was in the paper; they mobilized old paratroopers, sent them to the One-Day Jump Refresher Course, and had them make a day jump and a night jump. There's a waiting list for the next time they do that.

[TNDemo]

14. What about retired reservists?

My brother retired about a year ago after 20+ years of service. They are calling up the 278th (I think that is the number) that he used to be a part of. Can they call him back?

[nomaco-10]

16. They are calling up

5,000 active marines, 5,000 active army and 37,000 reservists and guards, this was widely reported earlier this month. Most of which are being sent to relieve the poor bastards that have been there for more than a year and the rest to "shore up" our military presence. In other words, no exit strategy in sight.

edited to add: It was not specified if the reservists that were to be called up were inactive or retired.

[preciousdove]

21. They still need to get the unemployment numbers down

It is the way this is being done that is highly irregular. I am told tha the President must publically declare an emergency to call up the IRR.