Has anyone seen any information about prior military being recalled?

SSgt Dave B. — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:40:34 -0400

Any info on prior military being recalled?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 16 at 2020 9:42 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:42:44 -0400

None that I've heard of

Response by 1SG Steven Imerman made Mar 16 at 2020 10:37 AM

1SG Steven Imerman — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:37:05 -0400

Keep two bottles of cheap whiskey on the top shelf.

If they come to get you, grab them and go sit on the floor next to the commode. Pour two thirds of one bottle all over yourself and then set it, still open, on the counter. Chug half the other bottle and keep clutching on to it. Be sure to be puking when your wife shows them to the bathroom, at which point she says, "He's been like this since he got out."

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Mar 16 at 2020 11:09 AM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:09:10 -0400

In general or right now? The Marines recalled me back in 2005, but I was already in the Army at that point.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Mar 16 at 2020 12:12 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:12:03 -0400

Can we be recalled- YES, have we been- NO That would be a giant media thing.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 16 at 2020 3:06 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:06:28 -0400

It always amazes me how veterans think they are going to be recalled any time something happens. The military service has over a million service members on call and ready to go. They don't need to pull some mechanic or grunt out of the IRR or retirement unless they have exhausted all those million service members or you have some rare skill, like being a surgeon or ophthalmologist.

Response by MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P made Mar 16 at 2020 5:33 PM

MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 17:33:36 -0400

COULD we be recalled...technically, yes. WOULD we be....most likely not. I don't know about you but it would take so long to get me retrained, back into shape, and reactivate my security clearance the crisis would be over before I could ever get into the action.

Response by 1SG Joseph Dartey made Mar 16 at 2020 7:49 PM

1SG Joseph Dartey — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:49:41 -0400

AR 601-10 governs the recall of retired personnel.

Response by MSG Danny Mathers made Mar 16 at 2020 9:07 PM

MSG Danny Mathers — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:07:35 -0400

They did during the Cuban Missle Crissis.

Response by CPO Nate S. made Mar 17 at 2020 12:36 PM

CPO Nate S. — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:36:34 -0400

For me I am always ready to "...stand up and defend her (aka the USA) still today..."?

I retired from the USN > 20 yrs ago. If my country recalled me and I was able I'd go if recalled! My wife, also a veteran (retiree) and daughter of a WWII Submariner, would not be really happy, but she would understand! My father was USAF (B-52 flight crew type), and was 100% SCD from an incident on AD. He knew he was disabled, but wished all of his life until his death in 1999 that he could have remained on AD to serve.

That is just me.....................

Response by LCDR Joshua Gillespie made Mar 17 at 2020 12:49 PM

LCDR Joshua Gillespie — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:49:38 -0400

I'm pretty sure they'd "re-purpose" every YN and SUPPO in the Navy...before they'd ever pull my long-forgotten name up on a list-any list. Bottom line...ain't never gonna happen. What is more likely (yet still very improbable) is that at some end of the "Doomsday" spectrum...as veterans, some of us would make natural choices to help lead communities through extreme crisis. I say "some", because there are a million variables in defining that "value" as a spendable currency...up to an including what we've done in/for that community since leaving duty.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 18 at 2020 10:11 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:11:23 -0400

Comrade,
Whenever I've heard prior military being recalled, the DOD Directive 1352.1 came to mind. It's unlike for those who have been retired for more than five years, and those over age 60 to be recalled. Only those participating and non-participating in IRR can be recalled to active duty in the event of a national emergency or peacetime screening.
Was there a recall after September 11, 2001?
No!
Why?
Because of too many "Patriots" led themselves into recruiting stations. Exception to in 2005, when civil war raged in Iraq and American casualty rates were hitting new highs. So called Patriots was thinking twice about their patriotism.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2020 11:00 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:00:02 -0400

Not a US example but when the country was on the line it was *all hands on deck*

Response by TSgt James Potter made Mar 26 at 2020 9:26 AM

TSgt James Potter — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:26:00 -0400

I just saw this. Voluntary Recall