Army will order thousands in IRR to muster

wow! i was just looking to get info on this subject and look what i turned up. so here is my question: can anyone give me a good reason to show up for this muster? anyways i wouldn't show up in uniform or shave my gotee anyways. so can anyone give me a reason? or am i just like the army wasting my time?

you guys make me sick, if you are in the IRR get your sloppy ass off the couch and show up, it's one day.

I was in the Infantry for 4 years and have been out now for a year. I spent a year in Iraq and lost a lot of great friends including Tommy whom I was with ever since basic training. However, I tell everyone that those years were the best of my life. I don't regret serving, I'm not resentful about anything, & I actually still support the war and what we're trying to do. I know it's gotten to be a mess, but I hope some good comes out of it and all this hasn't been for nothing. Anyway, I received "muster orders" myself. I live in Ohio by-the-way, which isn't anywhere close to where they were talking about. But anyways, I'll just ignore this like I've done with the other IRR stuff I've gotten. I'm not to worried about it. If they really want to send people out to track me down and deploy me, then I guess they can, but I've moved on with my life and i'm not going to waste anytime helping thim out. I have a full time job, I just set up a real estate investment business, & my wife and I will have a kid soon. Like I said, I loved being in the Infantry and I'll never forget what I did and the people I served with, but I'm done now. So I'm not going. Really I don't think it matters. For anyone that was ever in Active Duty you know paperwork & accountability is a nightmare and most people don't do there job to figure it out anyways.

"Do you still use oil from overseas? Gas? Then you support terrorism and the men who created this war and enlisted our young men to fight their war as their "corporate security force". They made billions in profits last year and didn't have to pay anything for the "private american military/security" protecting their ass. "


The ironic thing about this. You are criticizing everybody for using the gas from overseas. Yet, you are on a computer typing on this forum. You do realize that the oil from overseas is used to make the computer components and transport them to the store where you bought them, right? So, I guess you support terrorism as well my friend. Although I agree with you that this war is fueled predominatly by greed, I believe you need to change your angle on it. You make yourself sound like a fool. I honestly thought Cheech and Chong were the ones typing your post.

I Agree...piggy Backing Off The Last Responce. America Does Not Know The Half Of What Is Going On. I've Been To Iraq And Spent A Wasted 365 Days Over There Doing Absolutely Nothing, But Looking In Other Lonely Soldiers Faces. Just Imagine...leaving Your Family, Go Off To An On Going War That No One Knows What The Hell We Are Fightng For And The Reason Has Changed About Three Damn Times, And Just While Sitting On Your Ass Getting Fat, You Get Killed For No Damn Reason At All. The Army Is Playing A Game With People's Lives, Especially Young Soldiers. Notice, The Same People Who Are Over Your Young Soilders You Call Your Children, But The Army Call Privates And Specialist,comes Home Before You Baby Doand Your Child Who Is Just 18 Years Old Dies Before His Or Her Own Overseers...and They Are All Below The Ages Of 24 Years Old, Babies!!!!! Believe Me, I've Seen Someone Get Blown Up Infront Of My Own Eyes And I Was Only 19....that's Bull Shit. If You Have Not Been In The Army, Please Keep Your Comments To Yourself And From What You Have Said About Your Son, He Sounds Pretty Educated, Let Him Speak For Himself.

My husband got his letter yesterday 6-18-07. I didn't know what it was until I looked it up online myself. He got out in March of 2006. What I don't understand is, at the top pf the letter it states "IAW TITLE 10, SECTION 12319, YOU ARE ORDERED TO PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY MUSTER FOR THE PERIOD INDICATED. " this next line is what gets me, what does this mean----> "UPON COMPLETION OF THE PERIOD OF DUTY YOU WILL RETURN TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU ENTERED DUTY" ... do you think it means Ft. Bragg ? or do you think it means the office where he intially enlisted?

I also wanted to add that he has already been to Iraq and Afganistan....total of a lil over a year. He is planning on showing up to the muster and if they choose to send him back... he says he's ready to go.

I am one of the 5,000 to be mustered and I have 3 months left in my obligation. Unlike this article my orders were not for any of those locations. It was, instead, at a reserve center nearby. I received my letter lastnight and have not responded yet. I, like most IRR soldiers, have not remained in Army regs. As far as Height/Weight standards go, anyway. I also am not qualified to perform my original MOS any more. I was a Medic for 4 yrs on active duty 1 of which was spent in OIF. That was my biggest reason for not re-enlisting. I was lucky enought to have a window between deployments that allowed me to ETS. After I got out I let all of my medical certifications expire. After all, if the Army wants me to maintain them they can pay for the schooling. I am currently enrolled in College to complete my RN degree and would like to be able to finish without being recalled. Like so many of you, I feel that this is a recruiting ploy to get you in front of a recruiter. I have researched the "Title 10" and found out that you are subject to UCMJ while at the muster. I wonder if I will get an Article 15 if I don't pass the Weigh in? I would hate to be on extra duty! What I am more concerned about is refusing service. If I go to the muster and tell them I'm in school and have a medical issue that the Army doen't want to pay for will the Court Martial me since I am subject to UCMJ? Thats sounds like an ambush to me.

Like a lot of OIF vets I have often thought about returning to the Army just because it was what I knew. It was where I was the last time the world made sense. I have to admit that the "Real World" was a little difficult to adapt to. However, I have made my decision to stay out and I will stick by it. But, the recruiters will feel no shame in exploiting these feelings in order to satisfy their greedy masters. They will make you feel like you are a failure for not going back. Like you are letting you brothers down. They will pile the guilt so high you will think the only way to make it right is to give in.

I cannot afford to not show up to this muster. I can only hope that they will not mobilize me this late in the game.

You know we all can read(those of us who signed up). We all knew what we were getting ourselves into. We all knew about stop loss and the 8 year obligation. We as Americans need to suck it up. I just got orders myself and although I am not real happy about it I will go and fufill my obligations like a man. I too was in Iraq I too had it bad and no I don't want to go back but I will if thats what I have to do. So I guess to all the cry babies out there Deal with it. Why else did you sign up to the military for you knew it was bound to happen. Take it easy all

I too was a little concerned, but after looking around on the web, this is something that the other services regularly do. Difference being, the other services don't have as large of an IRR group to check up on. I plan on going to my muster, update my infomation, and voice my concerns about what's going on in the Army today (like why I decided to pop smoke and get out).

Iraq Vet 03-04
Ar Ramadi