The total enlisted obligation, at least when I was enlisted was 8 years total. A typical enlistment was 4 years active duty, 2 years reserve (USAR or Army National Guard) and 2 years IRR. Any combination of years was acceptable with the restriction of a minimum of 4 years active duty for anyone enlisting directly into the US Army.
You are correct on the officers. However, after age 65 an soldier could no longer be activated so the IRR obligation technically ends at 65 (assuming I remember the age correctly). I enlisted in the Louisiana National Guard so my obligation was called "6x2," 6 years National Guard and 2 years IRR. If I had extended for 2 more years, I would have had no IRR obligation but could have opted for extending in the IRR. Unfortunately I enlisted early in 1990 and was activated in November of 1990. I spent the next 4 years on active duty mostly in Louisiana. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:13 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Pilot, 47, Recalled For Active Duty It was my impression that enlisted ranks only have an eight year committment to the IRR, while officers have to formally resign their commission. larry On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:07:55 -0600, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I for one believe it is wrong because many of the IRR soldiers would > volunteer to return to service. Also many of these activated soldiers > will be rejected for health reasons. > > However, when an officer leaves the US Army the IRR time lasts until > they turn 65, I think. I do know it is longer than the 2 years in the > contract for enlisted soldiers. > > I'll be an ass here and say that these guys knew about the IRR > obligation because it was in their contracts. When I was in the > National Guard we had a similar problem, but they signed a contract with > criminal penalties for breaking it. > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:52 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Pilot, 47, Recalled For Active Duty > > Aren't we digging through the bottom of the barrel here? A 47 year > old guy with OJI who's been out of flight for 7 years? Can't the > military find enough new recruits? Is this a way to avoid the draft? > > "These guys like me are basically untrained civilians now," said Mr. > Howell, the former helicopter test pilot. Mr. Howell said he left the > Army years ago with an injured back, knee and elbow > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/national/16reserves.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136511 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
