On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 10:02, Harmon Seaver wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 04:52:25PM +0200, Thoenen, Peter CIV Sprint wrote:
On a semi related side note, how long has this guy been in (total length of service)? All personnel when they join the US Military are quite clearly informed they have an 8-year commitment, regardless of how long their initial enlistment is. If your initial commitment is less than 8 years, you are moved into the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) for the remainder of the 8 years. (E.g. you enlist for 4 years active or ready reserve (weekend warriors); you will also spend 4 years in IRR).
This is the guard.
Don't forget the reserves in additional to the Guard. One point, its a bit of a stretch to call the guard or reserves "weekend warriors" anymore. Many of those units are deployed on active duty for long stretches of time (12 months or longer) due to increasing military committments around the world. Further, many of the SF groups, which see a lot of use these days, are part of the National Guard as well and rarely go unused by the Pentagon. -- Michael T. Shinn KeyID: 91C0781F Key fingerprint = 05 81 9F 80 0E CE DB AE 02 6F 0D B8 D9 CC 0F A2 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x91C0781F