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?
It is not an option for enlisted, as far as I know. I had a friend who was a linguist, (Farsi) who was recalled. He is out again.
As stated elsewhere in this thread - EVERY ONE WHO STARTS SERVING IN THE MILITARY - and this is Enlisted or Officer - has an eight year commitment.
Normally, the commitment is 4 years, and 4 years of IRR, where the individual can be recalled to active duty.
My third child signed up for the Army - and he has a 5 year active duty commitment, and 3 year IRR commitment. My daughter signed up in the Army Reserve with a commitment for 8 years of reserve drilling service - and after completing 2 years of a Reserve ROTC program - now has 8 years of obligated drilling service (on top of the 4 years she has already completed!)
People in IRR can be called up based on needs of the service. But - under various recall authorities, so can many other individuals who have served.
BTW - another thing to know - those who retire at 20 years aren’t really retired. In the Navy - someone who “retires” before 30 years of service is completed is transferred to the Fleet Reserve - and the retirement pay is isn’t really retirement pay, but the same amount of pay - but the individual can also be called up for active duty if the situation requires. At the 30 year point, the individual trasfers from the Fleet Reserve to the Retired List - but again, as a condition for drawing the retirement pay, the person can be called up for extreme national emergencies (up to age 60.)
If you don’t want an 8 year commitment - don’t sign up in the military. When all 3 of my children joined a service (1 Army, 1 Army Reserve, 1 Navy) - each knew from the paperwork, from the recruiters (and from me) what they were getting into, and that there was this 8 year obligation!
This guy is a jerk - and deserves a stiff punishment. But if the left wing media and left-wing Congress critters want to hype someone making claims to refuse to support unConstitutional actions - what would happen if millions of conservatives refused to support Social Security, Medicare, and the hundreds of unConstitutional programs churned out by Congress???