Comments on: Number of Reservists on Active Duty Halfed http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/fewer_reservists_on_active_duty/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:50:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: legion http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/fewer_reservists_on_active_duty/comment-page-1/#comment-51216 legion Mon, 11 Jul 2005 15:18:31 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/11266#comment-51216 A job or two ago, I worked at USASFE HQ at Ramstein Germany. In late fall of '01, we got an AF Reserve major filling a planning engineer slot on the HQ staff. He'd been activated and sent to Germany for a one-year tour, but he informed us that Presidential order could extend that to 2 years (which we knew), but that by as simple a bureaucratic hand-wave as changing the name of the operation he was activated for, his 'clock' could be reset. I don't know enough about the legalities of Guard/Reserve activation to vouch for this, but it seems relevant... A job or two ago, I worked at USASFE HQ at Ramstein Germany. In late fall of '01, we got an AF Reserve major filling a planning engineer slot on the HQ staff. He'd been activated and sent to Germany for a one-year tour, but he informed us that Presidential order could extend that to 2 years (which we knew), but that by as simple a bureaucratic hand-wave as changing the name of the operation he was activated for, his 'clock' could be reset.

I don't know enough about the legalities of Guard/Reserve activation to vouch for this, but it seems relevant...

]]> By: DC Loser http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/fewer_reservists_on_active_duty/comment-page-1/#comment-51193 DC Loser Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:43:51 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/11266#comment-51193 You might also recall there was universal service during WWII. Why not also reinstitute that ethic if indeed it's a national emergency? Recall also that in Vietnam it was only a 12 month tour, and such limitations are in place because it is felt that such a deployment is a hardship and is good for morale if the troops can see a light at the end of the tunnel. You might also recall there was universal service during WWII. Why not also reinstitute that ethic if indeed it's a national emergency? Recall also that in Vietnam it was only a 12 month tour, and such limitations are in place because it is felt that such a deployment is a hardship and is good for morale if the troops can see a light at the end of the tunnel.

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