Oh, Joe, I tried to play nice with you on this, but you want to be stupid so here goes.
You jumped in on my post to show everyone how smart you are. I didn’t jump in on your post. You said, I believe, That’s not quite true.” OK. Cite me your source on that.
It has been several years since I have had to research United States Code and Department of Defense Regulations and Department of the Army Regulations. But, I did have to research them. The Army paid me some pretty good money to do this research. I would be happy to do research for you. My fee is $500 per hour with a minimum of 10 hours. For people like you, I require that I be paid upfront. So that you understand, that is $5,000. Please remit this money to Jim Robinson at Free Republic. Enclose copies of our e-mails. Jim has my e-mail and we can coordinate for me to receive the $5,000 from him. Upon my recept of that money, I will begin doing the research of all United States Code, all Department of Defense Regulations and all Department of the Army Regulations. I will contact various people in and out of the government and military. I will use a precise clock. After 10 hours, I will require another $5,000 to keep researching for you. You can see that at the end of the week, this will amount to $20,000. I estimate that it will take me a month to do the research you have asked for. Now, if you don’t want to send me $80,000, I’ll give you the short answer that maybe you can understand.
Can the United States Government force American citizens to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States? If you say no, then I refer you to fellow FReepers from the Vietnam War era and they can inform you about something called “The Draft”. If you say yes, then you agree with me unless you can show me some magic “I No Longer Am Subject To Service Card”. I’ve never seen one of those and I’d be glad to see yours. I have contacted the local Porsche dealer and told him that you will be paying for my new 911. If not, don’t butt in on other people’s post trying to show everyone how cute and clever you are. I eagerly wait for your money.
Nope. I responded to your post to correct the record.
"That’s not quite true.” OK. Cite me your source on that."
LOL...You want me to cite the source that allows for my recall when no such source exists? That's like asking somebody to cite the law or regulation that prevents the live trapping and ownership of unicorns.
"Can the United States Government force American citizens to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States?"
Of course the government could effect provisions of the Selective Service Act, compelling service of anybody (except those specifically exempted by the act), but there you're really parsing. In that case, I, or others in my situation, would be called up, NOT because of our prior service affiliation, but because of our citizenship making us no different than any other person subject to the act. If the system stayed the same, our prior years of service would be calculated into our pay, and presumably we would enter at or just below the last rank held, however, having resigned my commission, Congress would have to re-commission me, or I would go in at an enlisted grade. As such, for me and those in my situation, selection would not have anything to do with us being "recalled" so much as it was being "called" just like any other peson subject to the act.
Right now, persons subject to the act are those 18 - 26, so technically speaking there is no provision for recalling me. I believe a Presidential proclomation is all that would be required to expand that age, but as it stands right now, there is no such provision. So when I ask for you to cite the law or regulatory authority, you would be citing something that might come into being, but you really could cite nothing that currently exists.