IRR vs. Active

[maxhoffa]

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A quick search doesn't show any non-archived IRR topics . . . sorry if I've missed them.

Time to decide, Active Reserve vs. IRR for the next 3yrs . . . only issue at this point is the likelihood of IRR callup for an FP doc.

Branch: Army

Have IRR docs been called back since the last troop surge? I'm thinking that baring a major change in troop levels, the days of callbacks are pretty much done.

2 years of stabilization don't mean all that much if there is no real threat of callback I figure. Leaning towards just hanging them up.

Thoughts?

 

[backrow]

Why would you stay active reserve unless you are going for the reserve retirement??

Unless you are looking to retire go IRR(although you can still get "good years" towards retirement in the IRR as well).

 

[notdeadyet]

Why would you stay active reserve unless you are going for the reserve retirement??

If you're in the Army Reserve and are activated, you're activated under Army Reserve policy, which is currently 90 days boots-on-ground.

If you're in the IRR and are called up, you're called up to Active Army and whatever length their deployments currently are. Since they used to be 12 month deployments, folks had to consider IRR vs. Reserve pretty seriously if call-up from IRR was a real risk.

 

[maxhoffa]

If you're in the IRR and are called up, you're called up to Active Army and whatever length their deployments currently are. Since they used to be 12 month deployments, folks had to consider IRR vs. Reserve pretty seriously if call-up from IRR was a real risk.

Yes. The sole consideration here is the chance of being called back.

Have there been IRR docs (FP in particular) called back since the surge in 07-08?

If not, I like the odds. Otherwise, harder to say.

 

[backrow]

If you're in the Army Reserve and are activated, you're activated under Army Reserve policy, which is currently 90 days boots-on-ground.

If you're in the IRR and are called up, you're called up to Active Army and whatever length their deployments currently are. Since they used to be 12 month deployments, folks had to consider IRR vs. Reserve pretty seriously if call-up from IRR was a real risk.

Oh that seriously blows. Yeah, puts a real question mark into that decision process then.

 

[maxhoffa]

And if you're PROFIS'd that's almost certainly more time.

I think IRR is safe right now, but don't want to blow it at this point.