Question about Officers in the Military

[BigJ]

I know it's been mentioned before, but how long after you complete your years of active duty can you technically be called up by the military if they need you? I know that my friend, who is not an officer, has something like 3 or 4 years of inactive reserves until he's scott free, but I thought there may be a different policy for officers.

 

[xXped0thugXx]

it all depends on your contract and if you go reservist after active duty or not. It usually 4 and 4 (active and inactive) or can be 4 and 2 IIRC.

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure officers still do IRR time.

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, I'm pretty sure officers still do IRR time.

Confirmed. I was in the IRR as an Officer for two years before I requested to resign my commision. Of course, I had done about 14 years prior to that. I mostly did it that way because it was the easiest. In order to resign immediately without waiting meant a hell of a lot of paperwork and begging to get out, and I just didn't want to hassle with all that. So, I waited until they sent me a form requesting an update of information and I checked the little box that requested a discharge.

 

[EagleKeeper]

As an officer, you can get recalled to active duty indefinately and also without advance notice.

I was recalled at 0230 after being out for 4-5 years. By 0330 I was in a staff car heading to the nearest USAF base; by 0630 heading east over the Atlantic in the back seat of a F15.

Flash forward 10+ years later; I was informed that the Marines had requested that I be placed on standby. The work had nothing to do with my AF specialty, it was the fact that I was the only warm body that they could lay their hands on regarding a project that I had worked on.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
As an officer, you can get recalled to active duty indefinately and also without advance notice.

I was recalled at 0230 after being out for 4-5 years. By 0330 I was in a staff car heading to the nearest USAF base; by 0630 heading east over the Atlantic in the back seat of a F15.

Flash forward 10+ years later; I was informed that the Marines had requested that I be placed on standby. The work had nothing to do with my AF specialty, it was the fact that I was the only warm body that they could lay their hands on regarding a project that I had worked on.

This is what I thought, but do you have an official source you can reference so I can prove it to my friend?

 

[OMG1Penguin]

Wellllll, as far as enlisted goes, you enlist for 8 years, 4 or 6 of which are active duty military years.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
As an officer, you can get recalled to active duty indefinately and also without advance notice.

I was recalled at 0230 after being out for 4-5 years. By 0330 I was in a staff car heading to the nearest USAF base; by 0630 heading east over the Atlantic in the back seat of a F15.

Flash forward 10+ years later; I was informed that the Marines had requested that I be placed on standby. The work had nothing to do with my AF specialty, it was the fact that I was the only warm body that they could lay their hands on regarding a project that I had worked on.

This is what I thought, but do you have an official source you can reference so I can prove it to my friend?

Seem to have found this:

6.3.3. Involuntary Order to Active Duty. The Secretary of a Military
Department may order any retired Regular member, retired Reserve member who has
completed at least 20 years of active military service, or a member of the Fleet Reserve
or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve to active duty without the member's consent at any time
to perform duties deemed necessary in the interests of national defense in accordance
with 10 U.S.C. 683 (reference (b)).

from DODD 1352.1. Is that what you're talking about Eaglekeeper?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
As an officer, you can get recalled to active duty indefinately and also without advance notice.

I was recalled at 0230 after being out for 4-5 years. By 0330 I was in a staff car heading to the nearest USAF base; by 0630 heading east over the Atlantic in the back seat of a F15.

Flash forward 10+ years later; I was informed that the Marines had requested that I be placed on standby. The work had nothing to do with my AF specialty, it was the fact that I was the only warm body that they could lay their hands on regarding a project that I had worked on.

This is what I thought, but do you have an official source you can reference so I can prove it to my friend?

Seem to have found this:

6.3.3. Involuntary Order to Active Duty. The Secretary of a Military
Department may order any retired Regular member, retired Reserve member who has
completed at least 20 years of active military service, or a member of the Fleet Reserve
or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve to active duty without the member's consent at any time
to perform duties deemed necessary in the interests of national defense in accordance
with 10 U.S.C. 683 (reference (b)).

from DODD 1352.1. Is that what you're talking about Eaglekeeper?

That applies to mainly for enlisted.

There was a thread previously that also addressed this issue. It may have been in P&N or OT.

It was challenged regarding what the obligation was for an officer. Some-one dug up the area covering that issue.

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
As an officer, you can get recalled to active duty indefinately and also without advance notice.

I was recalled at 0230 after being out for 4-5 years. By 0330 I was in a staff car heading to the nearest USAF base; by 0630 heading east over the Atlantic in the back seat of a F15.

Flash forward 10+ years later; I was informed that the Marines had requested that I be placed on standby. The work had nothing to do with my AF specialty, it was the fact that I was the only warm body that they could lay their hands on regarding a project that I had worked on.

As a former Air Force officer, I can confirm this. Once you take your commission, you can be brought back into active duty at any time for any reason. If you didn't want to go, your ONLY option would be to resign your commission.

I'll see if I can track down a link to the actual regulation.

Dave

 

[Empress9]

Im curious if someone i know who BS's alot talk basically. Did not do his whole tour, left either dishonorably discharged or AWOL dont know which 1 to believe. He only served 2 years maybe at the most but left i believe over a girl smh. I hear he punched somebody like a Sgt. Or someone of a higher ranking. I dont know what would happen after that? If its true? But he's claiming to be a vet and trying to get benefits, even is in veterans court so im assuming they've looked into it i just didnt know you could get any special treatment for either 1 of those?

 

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