OT: 5,000 IRR Call Ups

[Mac Man]

 

Ugh. Apparently the Army is contacting about 5,000 of us Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) types who finished out time on active duty for "prescreening" and info "updating"-- i.e. see if we're still in decent enough shape to reactivate. Western Union telegram messages started going out July 6 and will mostly be finished by mid-August. A little over 78,000 in the IRR, so that puts me at what? 1 out of 15 chance?

 

Seriously? I'm going to be pretty damn pissed off if I get called up. I know they told me about it when I signed on the line as part of my ROTC (my officer training program in college) contract, but what does an 18-19 year old kid know about that sort of stuff. I did my four years including a combat tour and really want to be finished.

 

Sorry for the totally off topic rant. Just read a news article online a few minutes ago, and it's done a wonderful job of sinking my battleship.

 

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming...

[deamentia]

Time to injure yourself or something. Don't go!

[Raphael]

wow

[Paratrooper]

Time to injure yourself or something. Don't go!

 

YA! Let the RA soldiers who've been deployed 3-5 times go again! and again! and again!

[drice6900]

Time to injure yourself or something. Don't go!

 

Actually, its time to bring them all home.

[jordanscott]

Time to injure yourself or something. Don't go!

 

Actually, its time to bring them all home.

 

[Pirate]

I thought there were no political views allowed on these boards?

[binarysunrise]

I thought there were no political views allowed on these boards?

 

I sometimes have trouble distinguishing political views from simple common sense...

 

What actually makes a view political? Does it have to be in step with a party line, be controversial, or just opposite of what other people think?

[MK Ultra]

I thought there were no political views allowed on these boards?

 

Party pooper

[Mac Man]

EH... I was just ranting about a future possibility- no partisian commentary on WHY it's happening That's a can of worms I'll leave closed

[ft88]

Other than a blog, I couldn't find the news item. Will you post a link?

 

Also, they are most likely calling up linguists and other specialists rather than your average (yo) Joe. If you are MI or maybe Signal, you might get a call but even your average combat branch officer probably won't get the call.

 

Ed

[Pirate]

I thought there were no political views allowed on these boards?

 

I sometimes have trouble distinguishing political views from simple common sense...

 

What actually makes a view political? Does it have to be in step with a party line, be controversial, or just opposite of what other people think?

 

Perhaps you should step out of the posting limelight if you're having trouble

[Pirate]

I thought there were no political views allowed on these boards?

 

Party pooper

 

[comicparadox]

 

Ugh. Apparently the Army is contacting about 5,000 of us Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) types...

 

Seriously? I'm going to be pretty damn pissed off if I get called up. I know they told me about it when I signed on the line as part of my ROTC (my officer training program in college) contract, but what does an 18-19 year old kid know about that sort of stuff. I did my four years including a combat tour and really want to be finished.

 

I served my active duty time as well, and I thank you for your service to our country. However, I do take issue with the fact that you are complaining about this. You state that you knew when you signed up, yet now you are vocal about the 1 in 15 chance of being recalled to serve your country.

 

Sorry, I have little empathy or sympathy for that. Just one Veteran's opinion.

JB

[heinlein99]

Go in wearing your Mom's wedding dress. And lipstick smeared inexpertly across your mouth like an angry slash.

 

 

Seriously, at this point the 'mission' is one big pointless meat grinder. I want you to stay home and all of our other young men and women back safe and sound.

[MK Ultra]

Go in wearing your Mom's wedding dress. And lipstick smeared inexpertly across your mouth like an angry slash.

 

 

Seriously, at this point the 'mission' is one big pointless meat grinder. I want you to stay home and all of our other young men and women back safe and sound.

 

Didn't work for Cpl. Klinger.

[Mac Man]

Fear not. This was just a late night venting. And comicparadox, if I get called, I get called. As a vet, you know the deal- you don't have to like everything you get handed from Uncle Sam. And I am more fortunate than others in that I was a Field Artillery guy- a branch that is getting significantly down-sized w/ personnel being retrained for new jobs.

 

, on the good side of things (and bringing it somewhat back to comics), going back to captain's pay would be a big income boost from teaching, so I think that would be plenty justification for picking up some early Marvel SA keys I've been drooling over

 

IRR Call Up Headline

[mister_not_so_nice]

Other than a blog, I couldn't find the news item. Will you post a link?

 

Also, they are most likely calling up linguists and other specialists rather than your average (yo) Joe. If you are MI or maybe Signal, you might get a call but even your average combat branch officer probably won't get the call.

 

Ed

 

The Marines are doing the same thing. Calling up anyone that was in a 'critical' MOS (job). The unit i just left has about 35 inbound, all helicopter maintenance. I don't know if any news items are on the web, but i do know I saw plenty of people with check-in sheets that thought they were done .

 

just 5 more,

Mike

(that's a weak azz salute)

[the blob]

Good luck in getting the outcome you hope for. I know you were made aware of the possibilities when you signed up, but I doubt more than a couple of people who have signed up for any of these programs in the last 10-15 years envisioned a military conflict that would have (at this point) dragged on nearly as long as Vietnam did and plenty longer than WW II.

[Wally's Comics]

From another Vets perspective -

I hate this war, I am not for the cause but I am for the troops

that stick their necks out on a daily basis.

 

I hope one day we can find a way to end this

while saving face at the same time -

I just don't see how that can happen.

 

I pulled my Active and Inactive and honored my contract.

The phrase "Signing your life away" is about as real as it gets.

 

They slap a number on you and that is all you are.

 

After serving a couple of years of active I mentally accepted my own death.

I did this because it was the only way I could keep myself sane.

Before I did that I would almost crack-up - because when I went on deployment

I couldn't help noting that my leaders were very pea-brained and I was going

to die with these *spoon*.

 

 

 

Peace be with you and

 

Stay Brave.