[Jet Jaguar]

The benefit of IRR is that a trained and experienced servicemember may be called back for service. This saves the gov’t a great amount of money training new folks with no experience.

All of us know it is out there. If I left today, I would be obligated to 4 years of IRR.

[johniegrad]

I served in the Navy’s medical corps from 1979 through 1987. I attended medical school on a Navy scholarship and was obligated to 4 years. I took postgraduate medical education in the Navy which counted neither for nor against that obligation. It was an equitable arrangement both for me and for the Navy. When that time was up, I knew that I wanted to settle down in a practice and raise my family. IRR was available to me as was a continued commission in the reserves. I really did not want to be subject to recall at that time because I was in a critical shortage specialty. I had the option of resigning my commission which eliminated me from any reserve category whatsoever. Is this not an option open to enlisted?

[politicalwit]

The benefit of IRR is that a trained and experienced servicemember may be called back for service.

What benefit to the Honorably Discharged veteran? No, never mind...this is all about the government and what is a convenience to them....