IRR is nothing like the "reserves". There are no monthly meetings, no uniforms, no pay. There is no compensation for the loss of your civilian job if called back up. It is essentially a draft list of veterans that have fulfilled the active duty requirements.
Perhaps it is time to reinstitute the draft....btw, I would be of draft age.
Thanks, I didn’t know that. I was originally going to write that this guy was flat-out getting screwed until the article mentioned he was a reservist, and I thought it was the traditional reserves.
“IRR is nothing like the “reserves”. There are no monthly meetings, no uniforms, no pay. There is no compensation for the loss of your civilian job if called back up. It is essentially a draft list of veterans that have fulfilled the active duty requirements.”
Wrong.
Once you sign the contract, you have an 8 year MINIMUM OBLIGATION.
So if Joe Snuffy signs up and serves 2 years, he has a 6 year IRR obligation.
If he signs up for 4 years he has a 4 year IRR obligation.
IF he serves 8 years on active duty he has no obligation.
If he joins the Reserves or National Guard for the remainder of the term of his contract he will have no IRR obligation unless his MOS is in critical need such as translators or other specialized MOS’s that the military doesn’t have the time needed to train new people for a here and now mission.
I say shoot the guy for cowardice.