When you are released to IRR status you are still under obligation to the UCMJ?

Question

A Marine was just found guilty of attending a war protest in uniform, his Honorable discharge was reduced to a General. How many people know that your EOS is the date when your IRR ID expires?

Answer 1

I am a Marine attorney and can best answer your questions. First, when a service member is released from active duty and has served less than 8 total years on an initial contract, that person is placed in the Individual Ready Reserve, or IRR. The service member will remain in the IRR until the 8 year initial obligation is fulfilled, unless sooner discharged, as was the case with this particular Marine. While a member of the IRR, a service member is still subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and can be punished for military offenses such as disrespect to a superior commissioned officer. Second, One's EOS date is not the end of one's IRR obligation. One's ETS, which stands for Estimated Time of Seperation, is the official date when the IRR obligation ends. EOS, which is actually EAS, stands for End of Active Service. That is the date one gets out of active duty and enters the IRR if there is still an obligation under the initial 8 year contract.

Answer 2

That is absolutely correct. Every enlistment contract clearly states your commitment will run for a period of six years.

Even if you are on inactive reserve status you are still subject to the UCMJ until you receive you discharge.

That's why they call it an ETS date. It is your Estimated Time in Service.

Answer 3

absolutely. you are contracted for EIGHT total years, if some of that time is on IRR, you are still subject to the UCMJ.

Answer 4

Yes you are held to the UCMJ if you bring attention to yourself.
Everyone should know they signed an 8 year contract.

Answer 5

Yes, until you are discharged.

Answer 6

yes he diserved it he disrespected an officer