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Biden is ordering Military Reserves to Europe?
2023-07-14
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Posted by:3dc

#13  Fleeing to Canada won’t work for this one.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-07-14 12:16  

#12  RA Commisssion is lifetime, but once you retire from the Army, the Retired Reserve commitment is also lifetime.

My guess, give the small number for such a serious act, is that it is certain Skill Sets in short supply, both in weapons prep, training, maintenance, but also in major end item recovery/repair of battlefield damage? A look at the MOS pool might be heavy Ordnance Corps.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-07-14 12:01  

#11  Last time I remember reading about the IRR being raided was the Korean War... This is another reason that Emergency Powers need to be constitutionally restrained and 'Emergency(s)' be terminated ASAP.
Posted by: magpie   2023-07-14 11:50  

#10  IRR - individual ready reserve.

unless they changed the law - when you join up, you are contracted for x years of active duty and y years of reserve duty. The last number I recall was a total of 8 years in any combination of that. After 8 years your time was done and you received a discharge Department of Defense form 214 and were not subject to recall. One major exception I recall if you took a Regular Army commission you were subject to recall at anytime thereafter.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-07-14 11:15  

#9  ...aww, NATO was about fighting to the last American, willingness to immolate ourselves in their defense.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-07-14 11:10  

#8  Brandon can't get his pants on correct.

I did see yesterday that Trudeau, on behalf of all Canadians, vows to fight until the last Ukrainian.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-07-14 10:31  

#7  ^ Operational needs would appear to be in flux - pinpointing those holes would go a long way to discerning what the new focus/concern is.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-07-14 09:13  

#6  *the issue of

Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-07-14 07:47  

#5  While everyone has been focused on recruiting, in the background is the issue or retention - reenlistments. I suspect there are some serious holes developing in the mid-grades in certain military occupational specialties.

Background - the National Guard Bureau has seen fit to keep as many of their units oriented to the combat arms as they could get away with. That meant that the Reserve picks up a lot of combat support and combat service support duties, which are actually more likely the type of troops governors could use in emergencies.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-07-14 07:46  

#4  The SOB (or the people behind him) want to get a shooting war going with RU. He'll declare a national emergency and cancel the upcoming presidential election. Globalism depends upon control, control of the energy resources. They need to put a cork in US/RU oil and gas. Nordstream was blown up. Keystone XL was cancelled. Lots of talk about the demolition of the Ukie nuclear plants.

Call me nuts, but I think it's all about the resources.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-07-14 07:34  

#3  Biden authorizes sending an additional 3,000 reserve troops to Europe after returning home from trip where he said Putin had already lost Ukraine war vowed to defend 'every inch' of NATO territory
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-07-14 06:47  

#2  The Biden/Obama/LSD Cartel so far has:

Reduced Military recruiting numbers to an all-time low.

Refuses to secure the borders which has the Cartel Mexico drug trade now equal to a Tax Free F-100 company for annual revenues.

Refuses to refill the National Emergency fuel reserves.

Bankrupted the Nation, while him, his family and many in the DC Swamp grow richer by $$ Millions.

Created an Ukraine US Taxpayer funded Shell Game - By giving Ukraine a massive amount of US Armour, weapons, ammo, vehicles and more in exchange for the $$$ Billions we donated to Ukraine to begin with. Which has enriched the DC Swamp and his family with $$M's.

He wants Oversight removed so he can give do and collect more for certain pockets? An wants to strip the USA of its Military ready Reserves. Which would try to defend us from the Open Borders created 5th column. IF they had the Military Supplies we have given Ukraine?




Posted by: NN2N1   2023-07-14 06:10  

#1  Biden Authorizes Military to Call Reservists to Active Duty to Support Ukraine War
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-07-14 00:14  

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