Conceptually I think this is great.
But… How many folk are now eligible to be recalled to active duty?
Probably zero since this all happened decades ago at this point.
That’s not how it works. To be recalled you have to still be in the irr. To be in the irr you have to re-enlist. You can’t re-enlist if you’re discharged for dadt. If they still qualify for irr they could of course sign a new contract but that’d be entirely their decision.
Oh shit, that’s interesting. I just rolled irr when I got out. I didn’t have to do anything.
If anyone becomes eligible for recall due to this discharge upgrade, it’d be a very small number and even then, there’s next to no chance that they’d actually get called up. Can’t rule it out entirely because something about a Sith and absolutes (and because I don’t care to dig into the statistics) but realistically, it won’t happen.
10 U.S.C. § 688 (Retired members: authority to order to active duty; duties)
…a member described in subsection (b) may be ordered to active duty by the Secretary of the military department concerned at any time.
(b) Covered Members.-Except as provided in subsection (d), subsection (a) applies to the following members of the armed forces:
(1) A retired member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps.
(2) A member of the Retired Reserve who was retired under section 1293, 7311, 7314, 8323, 9311, or 9314 of this title.
(3) A member of the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
(4) A retired member of the Space Force.
This section states that retirees of armed forces branches and reservists may be recalled to active duty. The thing about subsection (d) refers to a program where officers could choose to retire early so doesn’t really come into play for what we’re talking about. It’s worth noting that a service member who completes their contract is not necessarily a retiree which is why the recall authority doesn’t apply more broadly.
Yeah I’m not aware of any mechanism to recall any former enlisted servicemember past their IRR period.
I figure if things get bad enough that they’d want any of us fat, broken old(ish)-timers back, we’ll see some new laws on the books making it possible.
I’m sure the existing draft covers it, but we’d be a long way down the list.
Bruh, if I got out and fulfilled my IRR honorably and whatnot, and then I was recalled years later, I would promptly smoke all the pot in reasonable distance from me the moment I received that recall notice.
DADT ended in 2011. The military would have to be pretty desperate to want most of those veterans back in service.
