Posted on 04/02/2024 8:00:40 PM PDT by bitt
he U.S. Army Publishing Directorate released the ALARACT 017/2024, titled, “Utilization of the Army Retiree Recall Program.”
The document cites Executive Order 13223 from the Bush administration in 2001.
A retiree recall is a “retired Soldier who is ordered to active duty (AD) from the Retired Reserve or the retired list under 10 USC 688/688a, 12301(a), or 12301(d). Per AR 601-10, Recalled retiree Soldiers must be aligned to a valid vacant AC requirement that matches the grade and skill of the retiree before he or she may be recalled to AD,” according to the document. “The retiree population will be utilized as a last resort to fill Active Component vacant requirements.”
The ALARACT 017/2024 comes as the U.S. military is experiencing a recruitment crisis.
The U.S. Army recently announced that it is cutting thousands of positions. Authorized troop levels will now be an estimated 470,000 by fiscal year 2029, down 24,000 from its 494,000 soldiers.
“While making these investments and adding formations, the Army must also reduce force structure to protect readiness in light of decreased end strength. The Army is currently significantly over-structured, meaning there are not enough soldiers to fill out existing units and organizations. Army leaders seek to have at least 470,000 soldiers in the Active Component by FY29, which is nearly 20,000 above the current end strength but a reduction of about 24,000 authorizations compared to currently planned force structure,” the report states.
It added that the Army is “undertaking a similarly important transformation of its recruiting enterprise so that it can man units sufficiently, continue to bring the right types and amounts of new talent into the Army, and rebuild its overall end strength.” Noting the ongoing recruitment failure within the U.S. military, the document noted, “The Army must solve its recruiting challenges to successfully transform for the future.”
“The U.S. Army recently announced that it is cutting thousands of positions. Authorized troop levels will now be an estimated 470,000 by fiscal year 2029, down 24,000 from its 494,000 soldiers.”
Take that Putin!!! We don’t need no troops because WE ARE AMERICA and thus WE ARE INVINCIBLE!
This is a precursor to a Draft. And let’s hope those Chinee aircraft and naval vessels circling Taiwan like wolves are there to provide humanitarian aid.
You claim they are calling up retirees?
And are there any major changes in the routine rules for calling back retired officers in this new document?
Correct. And Putin doesn’t have Satanist chaplains in the army, or sustainable green warships built without ‘sexist’ urinals.
“In simpler language, they drafted me”
With this commander in chief?
No way...
Our military readiness hasn’t diminished. At least that’s what Freeper war-mongers would have you think. They can’t even get anyone to enlist in our Armed Services. Pretty pathetic that the government has to tap people who have already served their country to fight the wars they have planned. And after making it mandatory that every person serving had to get the clot shots. What a bunch of freaking ingrates.
No draft. But I guess we can recall retired soldiers. If it's in their contract...
Another sign we’ve moved from a High-Trust Society to a Low-Trust Society ... just sayin
Why don't you go and try to find the answer to your question yourself? If you want the answer bad enough, you would. Or are you too lazy to do that?
In case you were wondering ...
You guys are trying to sell the nonsense, not me.
The thread is trying to give the impression that retired officers being liable to call back is new and that we are already calling them back.
Retired officers have always been liable to call back, even enlisted are if their initial enlistment doesn’t cover their much tinier window of obligation.
No problem fighting a fifteen front forever war.
I said officers, but retirees are liable to recall and it isn’t new.
After 9/11 retired green berets were being sought at the time, I was under the impression they were being asked to come back rather than ordered, but there are many slots that doctors, dentists, scientists, experts in older systems etc. that can be needed during various situations.
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