Can they force me to deploy right before IRR?

2019-07-20T21:15:51-04:00

My IRR is supposed to start in March 2020. My unit is Mobilizing in February. I have heard two things: 1. They can pull me because of IRR. 2: They can not pull me involuntary without signing an extension (or something). Does anyone know a for-sure answer? No-one in my unit is helpful enough to ask without getting told "ask her then ask him" and so on. *No I do not want to go, I am spending 6 months in Police Academy and Graduate in December, my heart is not in the deployment.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 21 at 2019 8:51 AM

2019-07-21T08:51:53-04:00

I know you're likely not gonna be thrilled with what I'm gonna say, and, candidly, I honestly don't know the exact answer you're looking for...however, that being said, when I'd been IRR, I'd sent in a volunteer thing for Desert Shield/Storm, for which I'd been sent an appreciation letter I've still got from USAFR, even though I wasn't used...me, I'd honestly give my eyeteeth, having gone through six and half yrs in VA land with us doing my total perm disability, for even one day having actually been used for real...now, that also being said, I haven't a clue what being used for real was like, honest, truly, I don't, I never was deployed...however, police academy or no, danger or no, I'd genuinely give my eyeteeth, as I'd said, to be able to walk into a VFW for real and actually join...however, that's obv me...I'd yakked with a guy a few wks ago in a vet group by us, who'd been due to retire from the ANG, not ARNG, he was on the air side, not the ground side...a cpl of months before he'd been due to submit his papers for his 20 yrs as an Air Natl Guard Tech, he said he'd been at his installation, when he was pulled for real to go, the first time it ever happened to him...he said he'd said to those over him, "Nearly 20 yrs, and you guys wait till NOW to do it? Wow....", or something like that...I only relate that story, as, in him relating it, I was actually quite envious...we've got a uy in the Pentecostal church we go to, my wife is seriously devout, he'd been USMCR when he was pulled for Shield/Storm, I also get envious of him, feeling like a "chocolate soldier" (a Brit expression) everytime the pastor has us to the "flag thing" every Meml Day, 4th, and Vets Day...now...I'm not you, and I can completely fathom your ambition to go to the police academy, I get it, nor, obv, is it my place to tell you that you should just accept it, it'd probably be really, seriously dangerous, which I entirely fathom...I can only relate, in all candor, my own emotions about such a thing...yrs ago, when my Dad had been USNR during Korea, he'd been home on leave, in his Dad's store, my Dad's Dad, eating...a woman had walked in, he'd said, seen him in his Navy blues, and said her son was deployed in Korea...my Dad said when she'd asked why he wasn't there, and this is the God's truth, "They know where to find me if they want me", or something like that...I've always reflected on that, as I think, in retrospect, it always rather nagged at him, I could rather tell from his reactions, which I knew fairly well how to gauge...I just figured you might find those stories, if nothing else, at least germane...clearly, as I'd said, I'm not you, nor would I presume to say I was...I can only relate those stories, just to illustrate my thought process on the whole thing...God knows, I'm not saying I'm right, certainly, though, please realize, I do know that...the only time anything like that ever happened to me was when I'd been in, I'd been zonked in the BOQ, all of a sudden, there was a pounding on the door, I grabbed something to throw on, opened it, it was the O-3 I'd been under at the time, saying to get dressed early and get into the office...I'd asked why...he'd said there'd apparently been an actual alert, about what, I never found out...I said "For real?"...he said "Yeah"...I stood there dumbstruck for a moment, then said OK, got dressed, and went in...nothing ever happened with it, however, that was the one and only time it ever actually happened, it'd apparently been a base wide thing, an actual base wide alert, apparently a national thing, though, as I'd said, I never knew about what, I never asked, I was never told...I just figured I'd relate that also, for whatever it might be worth, if only for some added perspective, if nothing else, ya know?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 21 at 2019 9:06 AM

2019-07-21T09:06:24-04:00

Have you actually sat down with your Leadership to address your concerns yet? Before you stress yourself out and give yourself a heart attack and/or stroke, just talk with your Leadership to figure things out.

Response by SGT Christopher Combs made Jul 21 at 2019 10:04 AM

2019-07-21T10:04:36-04:00

If your unit is not being helpful on this matter and you have gone through your whole chain of command and still don't get an answer then my advice is to inform the I.G. and let them know of the situation so you can get a straight answer.
Good luck to you brother.

Response by SFC Ralph E Kelley made Jul 21 at 2019 2:03 PM

2019-07-21T14:03:38-04:00

Stop-Loss is still in effect? Wow!