Army Expects Further Involuntary Troop Call-Up

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040630/ts_nm/iraq_usa_reserve_dc&cid=564&ncid=1473

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands more former soldiers could be ordered to Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) in addition to 5,600 reservists already set to be called back into active-duty service, the Army said on Wednesday.


The Army is tapping into the Individual Ready Reserve, a rarely used pool now numbering 111,000 former soldiers who remain eligible to be called to active duty for years after completing their voluntary Army commitment and returning to civilian life. Many have been out of uniform for years.


"I would think that there's going to be soldiers who, yes, will be shocked. But I would say that the majority of the soldiers in the IRR today understand that they are in the Army," Col. Debra Cook, head of the Army's Human Resources Command, told a briefing.


These soldiers will begin to receive mobilization orders on July 6, said Robert Smiley, an Army official dealing with training, readiness and mobilization.

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1. "Enjoy your last holiday weekend stateside..."

"your next will be overseas..."

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2. "Soldiers who will be shocked?"

I bet! Thank goodness things are going so well over there!

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