ENLISTMENTS AND CONSCRIPTION

IN THE US ARMED FORCES WAY BACK WHEN I WAS IN, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW NOW STILL,
YOU ARE IN FOR SIX YEARS.

CONSCRIPTION; 2 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY, 2 YEARS ACTIVE RESERVE DUTY, 2 INACTIVE
RESERVE DUTY WAS NORMAL IN THE 50S THROUGH THE 70S.

WHOOOPS! FORGOT TO SHIFT DOWN!

ENLISTMENT; 3, 4, 5, or 6 yearrs active duty, wih varied time in the active
reserves and inactive reserves, unless a full six years was served on active
duty.

certain MOS could be selectively recalled to active duty, as needed, up to the
age of 48 i think it was, and older men or women could be returned to service
voluntarily during times of need.

then there is the general available for recall to the colors till the age of
38 or 39 for regulars or draftees who had completed their service. this ican
be done en masse in times of national emergencies or war.

personnel in the reserves and national guard who screwed up (missing
drills, in- subordinate, etc) would find themselves placed on active
duty for the remainder of the time in service.

and finally, there is the service can be extended as needed for personnel due
to get out or retire in times of national need. this used to be done in 12
month whacks.

this is the way it used to be in the US ARMED FORCES and apparently still is.

DAWGIE, a regular.

> IN THE US ARMED FORCES WAY BACK WHEN I WAS IN, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW NOW

Depending on your time in service. Your usually on the hook for 1/2 your

active duty time as "inactive reserve" and eligable for call-up.
(I'm starting year 3 of a 10 year IAR stint for my 21 years in service
:o)

As far as I know there is no active reserve time. Unless you actually JOIN the
reserves. Once your "out" your on the hook for your IAR and that's it.

> and finally, there is the service can be extended as needed for

I think it's down to 6 months or less at a whack. I got "stop-loss"ed
during Kosovo for about 4 months. They held up my retirement. (Not that I
really minded. I now have a "finished service retirement date" of April 1st
2000:o)

Randy

> --- DAWGFACE47@webtv.net wrote:

This is verra much true today. After your Regular Army portion, you do your
IRR stuff until you hit the six year mark.

Of course, for people like me, who have been in the USAR, ARNG, and Regular
Army, frankly I think calculating the time I still owe would be too complex
to worry about, especially as I intend to re-up anyway
and make it irrelevant.