By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States Code, I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation Atlantic…
The last time the reserve got called up I think was Iraq during the surge. Maybe some smaller activations since then but that was the big push. I was workin with National Guardsmen and reservists overseas in Iraq
How common is this really? Is it actually common and it’s being shared to create a commotion, or is this something the armed forces are only asked to do when shit is getting serious? (Or is it somewhere in the middle?)
It’s not common, this past week Biden has been in Europe meeting NATO
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Operation Atlantic Resolve is the enduring US mission in Europe
You don’t call in IRR troops for NATO exercises
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I’m glad I stayed in nine years, so I didn’t go into IRR after I left. Regardless, I’m much too old now for any of this.
I remember my dad saying that one of his co-workers was called up during Operation Desert Storm, but that guy was retired from what I understand. That makes it entirely different if you’re taking a pension from the government and you have skills to complete whatever mission they’ve got going.
Has there been no mention of why this happened? 3,000 doesn’t sound like that many compared to what I assume we already have in our active military. Like why is it necessary to call up reservists rather than shuffling around some units from other places?
Could be a specialty that they need to do some training over there, just speculating though.
Officers who haven’t resigned their commissions (either retired or finished with their active service obligation) default into the IRR. This is likely some sort of speciality skillset group that’s about to get a very unwelcome piece of certified mail. It’s a bad day to speak Russian…
This article would have had me nervous a few months ago.
Just finished the IRR part of my contract - woo!
Wonder what jobs they’re roping back in?
