Army to 'muster' 5,000 reservists ~~~ (Argh!!!)

[Breeze54]

Army to 'muster' 5,000 reservists

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/REPOSITORY/706130352/1013/NEWS03

June 13. 2007 8:00AM

For the first time since the Iraq war began, the Army is notifying thousands from a special category
of reservists that they must report this summer for medical screening and other administrative tasks.

The decision to issue "muster" orders for 5,000 members of the Individual Ready Reserve, or IRR,
is not a prelude to a new mobilization or deployment of reservists to Iraq, an Army spokesman said.
Instead it is part of a new effort to fix an IRR call-up system that failed on multiple fronts early in the Iraq war.

One problem was that the Army simply could not contact many of its IRR members; it had allowed
them to ignore the requirement that they notify the Army of a change in residence. Some turned out
to be deceased; others were physically unfit for duty or faced personal problems that barred them
from serving.

To correct that the Army is now requiring that they show up in person for what it calls a one-day "physical muster."

From wire reports

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Yeah, right......... :sarcasm:

:banghead:

[Donnachaidh]

1. what's next -- they going to press gang from old reservists' lists?

It's amazing. They suck the army dry fighting an illegal war.

Have they done ANYTHING to keep bodies on the ground HERE for the next natural disaster? It's all for that Middle East black hole Bush has dug.

[BushOut06]

2. How are they going to require them to do anything if they can't find them?

If they can't contact them, how are they going to tell them to show up for the "one day muster"?

[tridim]

6. If they can't find them, then 'cage' them.

It's a win-win for the evil party.

[Breeze54]

8. Maybe they've been tracking them down with SS #'s??

:shrug:

It's very possible.

[BushOut06]

9. Funny how collection agencies can track people down, but not the US Army

One woulda thought they would have tried that approach originally.

I think I probably fell into the IRR category at the beginning of the Iraqi invasion. Never once heard from anyone.

[Grandrose]

3. And I have a bridge....

for sale!That one day will change into 365 days or more!!:eyes: :kick:

[HereSince1628]

4. In the way back I really just blew off my reserve obligation

I did 2 years 9 months, 11 days and 10 hours of active duty, and I was NOT going to send the assholes every address change I had as I moved into civilian life and matriculated from one school to another.

[Breeze54]

5. I think my 2nd oldest son has done the same.

He's still IRR with the USMC, I think (not sure) but he's moved a few times
since he was discharged from active duty...

[Doc_Technical]

7. I didn't have to worry about the Guard or Reserves.

I served 3 years 3 months 19 days and 16 hours in the regular Air Force and on

my (honorable) separation papers it read that they would't let me join the

Guard or Reserves. This was not an amiable separation.

Sometimes it pays to be a smart-ass.

[Wickerman]

10. Not enough bodies to fight an Iraq invasion? Here's a solution...

Invade Iran! :crazy:

I hate this world.

[Breeze54]

11. lol -- Yeah, that seems to be the "logic"...

morons!! :grr: