Do you count IRR as part of time in service?

IRR time is kind of tricky. Technically you may have served 8 years but if all but two was in the IRR, I would not go around telling people you served 8 years. If all you were was a member in the IRR and did not do any additional training or deployments, all you were was on call to the Army. While everyone incurs an 8-year service obligation when they join, most people do not include the IRR part time when they talk about their service. Again unless you did a deployment as a member in the IRR, I would stick with telling people you served 2 year active duty.

IRR counts for longevity but not for purposes of Pay. For instance I spent 22 Years, 7 mos and 11 days in uniform and was paid that counts towards retirement pay. Add IRR time, it is listed as 37 years, 7 months and 11 days. You have to maintain uniforms, you cannot be promoted in that status and could technically be called up although I never was. When someone ask how long I served I just answer 22 years.

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