Since the military is recalling some IRR members, how will that effect prior service reenlistment options?

SGT Joshua Powell — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:22:24 -0400

Will the issues facing the military in recruitment goals effect how they treat prior service applications? For the record I am not rated in disability and have been out since Oct 2015, so I no longer am in IRR. However with the struggles in recruitment and changes to recalling IRR soldiers, will the military be looking at pulling from veterans without ratings?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 19 at 2023 6:31 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:31:32 -0400

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Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 19 at 2023 8:01 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:01:34 -0400

If you're referring to pulling Veterans without disability ratings that are still in IRR, then yea they face being recalled. If you're referring to Vets without ratings no longer in IRR, then they won't be recalled. When an IRR person is recalled, they still have to go thru processing to see if they're fit enough to serve. This may not even affect prior service coming back in that have to process thru MEPS. Could be the IRR are ordered to report to the nearest base of their branch for processing. The IRR are being recalled for a specific mission. It's not like they're willingly wanting to come back.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 19 at 2023 8:06 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:06:31 -0400

Apparently the executive order allows the Defense Department to mobilize troops from the Select Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve for operations in Europe. The order is an administrative action, and no one has been tasked to deploy yet. Also the executive order places caps on the types of reserve component forces that could deploy to Europe if needed: Up to 3,000 troops, of which no more than 450 can come from the Individual Ready Reserve.

Ignore all the panic you see on social media, it just means those are the parameters which DoD can use.

Also from what I have read is most of those positions would be contracting, military police, dental support, human resources and finance.

So to answer your question: I don’t believe it would effect prior service enlistments. Especially with the shortage all branches are facing.

Response by SSgt Christophe Murphy made Jul 19 at 2023 10:01 PM

SSgt Christophe Murphy — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 22:01:51 -0400

Recalling from the IRR only pulls people who are currently in the IRR. When they recall folks they get screened and get a MEPS style physical to validate if they are healthy enough to go back into service. Not everyone who gets the recall notice gets back into uniform because the physical finds a bunch of stuff they blew out when they were in. Or they have mental health stuff going on.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Jul 20 at 2023 3:51 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:51:37 -0400

Look thanks to events before and after DS, a whole lot of logistical tail was transferred to the Reserves. Truck units, Water units, Rear area units, etc. Face it the gov't has to rob Peter to pay Paul to survive.

Response by SFC Ronald Moore made Aug 18 at 2023 8:39 AM

SFC Ronald Moore — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:39:35 -0400

When I was recalled from IRR in 2006 for OIF, "if your breathin' your leavin' "

Response by CSM Thomas McGarry made Aug 21 at 2023 3:27 PM

CSM Thomas McGarry — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:27:02 -0400

Actually folks in the IRR have be called back during many of the activations and deployments that occurred a up until a few years ago. I can attest to the fact that such things as failure on an APFT or on weight control does not make one nondeployable.