What is the minimum obligation for the army?

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Any help? Thank You.

Answer 1

I think all Armed services are 8 years total

Usually 4 years enlisted 4 years reserve, but it can be broken up into 3 years enlisted 5 years reserve, 8 years enlisted,,etc....

I think they even have 2 year contracts now, I think they have a 6 year reserve requirement on them but not 100 % on those. And it is 2 years undesignated. So pretty much bottom of the totem pole for the entire time until you reenlist.

Answer 2

6 years. Thats TOTAL TIME under obligation.

That 6 years can be broken down into any of these catagories:

Active Duty. Livin the Army life full-time. :)

Ready Reserve. Weekend Warrior (well, with the occasional 12-month tour overseas tossed in now.). Can be either Army Reserve (USAR) or your state National Guard.

Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). Your name is in the computer. In times of national emergency you can be called up to active duty. No weekend duty or anything else. NOTE: Since 9/11 the President has been using this authority to recall critical specialties.

So if you want the minimum it would probably be to do 2 years of active duty (that includes about 6 months of initial entry training) followed by 4 years of IRR time.

You could also sign up for ONLY service in the USAR or state National Guard. All 6 years of obligation there, but understand there will be about 4-6 months of initial entry training (basic training and a specialty training course) that is active duty. And you might have heard of some units getting called up to deploy to fun and very sandy places overseas.

Answer 3

No thinking here. The mandatory service obligation (MSO) is 8 years. However, your enlistment can range anywhere between two years (infantry) to eight years. If you get out at any time before the 8 year mark, you incur what's called Inactive Ready Reserve time until that 8-year point. If you serve 8 years or more and get out, you are under no further obligations.

Answer 4

A two year enlistment + plus training time. So as soon as you are done with training in your job, your two years commitment will start.

There is an additional four year reserve commitment after your two years is up as well. However, you can spend that four years in the Inactive Ready Reserves (IRR) which doesn't actually do anything unless the federal government activates the IRR (rarely happens).

To clarify: A normal four year enlistment is actually an eight year enlistment - four years on active duty and four years in the Reserves (which most people spend in the IRR so they aren't really in the military any long than four years). THE TWO YEAR + PLUS TRAINING ENLISTMENT IS NEW for most branches and results in a TOTAL OF SIX YEARS plus training time.

"SMBR" who posted an answer below is giving correct information and some additional information.

If you go to the website link below there should be an advertisement on the Army's recruiting website for the new two year enlistment.

Answer 5

all contracts are for EIGHT years total. as many as 6 years of that will be on Active duty, it basically depends on what job you get and how long the training is( the longer the training, the longer the AD commitment). the remaining time is spent either in the Reserves or IRR.

Answer 6

8 year obligation.

2 year min active and I think 6 year max active. You can always re up for more.

Answer 7

I believe it 4 years..... of course your probably always on a list.

Answer 8

to stop killing innocent civilians
and destroying overseas countries
and return home to the united states
to deal with your own problems