Commision resignment?

[bobbyseal]

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This is for MilMD, Navy Surgeon, and any other person out there soon to be no longer with the military.

Once you finish your commitment, do you plan on resigning your commision?

I was spotted today in a conference by an attending who saw my little Navy lapel pin. We were talking about the Navy, and as it turns out he was HPSP, too. He said that as soon as he got done with his commitment around Gulf War I, a detailer called him and mentioned that they could use him back in the service, and would he consider rejoining. At that point, he resigned his commision, never to see the Navy again.

His advice to me was to do the same thing. Get out as soon as possible.

What do you all think?

 

[militarymd]

I resigned my commission, so I have no ties to the military at this point in time. However, you must have a total of 8 years of total time (active, reserve, IRR) before you can resign.

At 6 years of Active duty time, you can request to separate if you have finished your active duty obligation, but you will then remain in the IRR for 2 more years.

 

[thenavysurgeon]

wow, great advice...i dod not know about the comission resignation thing during's one's IRR time.

i will owe 5 years of IRR time when I seperate from the Navy next year...

to my knowledge, a doc from the IRR ranks has never been recalled to active duty since WW2. I may be wrong, but that's what the navy surgeons that have recently seperated around here have told me.

 

[FliteSurgn]

to my knowledge, a doc from the IRR ranks has never been recalled to active duty since WW2. I may be wrong, but that's what the navy surgeons that have recently seperated around here have told me.

I recently heard about a 60 year-old psychiatrist being recalled.

 

[ArmyDoc1999]

I recently heard about a 60 year-old psychiatrist being recalled.

The federal governmet just called up 5,600 personnel from the IRR in fields that the military is experiencing critical shortages. As I understand it, nearly all medical fields, from the enlisted ranks on up were included in this call-up.
And the last time this happened was the first Gulf War, not WWII.

 

[thenavysurgeon]

that's news i have not heard about...

i have heard that some Army IRRists have been recalled, engineers etc...but no docs. and so far, no talk of a stop-loss for surgeons, at least in the Navy...holding my breath.

any insights from anyone else?

 

[Mirror Form]

I recently heard about a 60 year-old psychiatrist being recalled.

How the heck could a 60 y/o still have an IRR commitment?

 

[FliteSurgn]

I heard about this second-hand so I just did a little search. Here's a link. He was an officer...he didn't resign his commission...he can be recalled.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/9181961.htm

 

[denali]

In the above article, realize the physician is a retired officer. Little bit different than the IRR.

 

[cptms]

While it is true that no army physicians have yet been activated from the IRR, [see http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-08-05-irrcallup_x.htm], there are very few army reserve physicians left for deployment. In my humble opinion it is just a matter of time before they tap the IRR. Also, because the army is getting so short of medical types, our brigade is going to be replaced by a Naval unit for the next rotation.
FYI- I just completed a tour as a reservist on active duty prior to starting medical school (Company Commander for a Headquarters Company in a medical brigade in SE Asia).

 

[doctor07]

Navy IRR has not been called up in 50 years. The only branch whose IRR has been called is Army (and they have been a couple of times since WWII). They are NOT calling up physicians for this deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army is calling up 5600 soldiers that are military police, infantry and engineers. The last time ARMY has been called up was in fact the first Gulf War.

 

[UCmed2004]

wow, does it suck that much to be in military medicine? i thought it was very competitive to get in.

 

[GMO_52]

wow, does it suck that much to be in military medicine? i thought it was very competitive to get in.

It sucks massively to set up a practice, hire nurses, secretaries, build a referral base around town and then have to leave for a year (fire everyone and start from scratch). But I like my job now, just wouldn't want to do it when I'm done doing it.

And, sad to say, it ain't hard to get in.