2007-01-11 14:39:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Until now, the Pentagon's policy on the Guard or Reserve was that members' cumulative time on active duty for the Iraq or Afghan wars could not exceed 24 months. That cumulative limit is now lifted; the remaining limit is on the length of any single mobilization, which may not exceed 24 consecutive months.
In other words, a citizen-soldier could be mobilized for a 24-month stretch in Iraq or Afghanistan, then demobilized and allowed to return to civilian life, only to be mobilized a second time for as much as an additional 24 months. In practice the Pentagon intends to limit all future mobilizations to 12 months.
The active duty time limit discussed affects reservists and National Guard members only, not active duty personnel.
2007-01-11 14:50:02 · answer #1 · answered by Rickydotcom 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The National Guard had better sponsor a couple of those Nextel Cup cars, recruiting is going to need all the help it can get. Only costs about 20 million dollars, maybe Halliburton will pick up the tab.
2007-01-11 23:20:36 · answer #2 · answered by cessna0518 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they said was they were abandoning the active duty time limit for the guard and reserves. This means that they can do their full term active.
2007-01-11 22:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depending on rank, position etc., you could be forced into retirement by the age of 60. Not anymore. People can stay in much longer and believe it or not, people over the age 59 are, those who have been retired now for 9 years, are being called back to serve!
2007-01-11 23:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by goozeblahblah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means our President Bush can send national guard and reserve troops that had reached their Iraq wartime limit (2 years) to unlimited tours in Iraq! This is great news - NO DRAFT! Just keep rotating what we went to war with.
2007-01-11 22:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by Timothy M 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It means that a soldier can serve in a war zone without being rotated back till kingdom comes... it means that we don't have enough troops to serve bush's plans any other way.
2007-01-11 22:44:11 · answer #6 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think it may mean people will think twice before joining up, even more so than they already were.
Unless of course you are a die hard military super patriot willing to do anything for America. (meant in a positive, not cynical, way.)
2007-01-11 22:44:26 · answer #7 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the men and women in our volunteer army are no longer volunteers. Bush will force them to stay in the service as long as he feels like it. They didn't even do that to the draftees in Vietnam. 150 years ago they called it slavery.
2007-01-11 22:49:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
purgatory
2007-01-11 22:44:51 · answer #9 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋