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An observation of the American armed forces:
Stop Loss and recall of Inactive Reserves seem to be being used as a form of back door draft. Soldiers out of the Army and inactive for years are being called back. Officers are particularly vulnerable to this if they never resigned their commissions properly.
It seems that the Army is trying to haul back anyone they could conceivably get their hands on. I think the extreme example on 60 minutes was the 55 year old CWO who is 4'8" and has not seen active service since the 1960's and the chopper pilot with the bum leg. They both reported when called though.
Stop Loss and recall of Inactive Reserves seem to be being used as a form of back door draft. Soldiers out of the Army and inactive for years are being called back. Officers are particularly vulnerable to this if they never resigned their commissions properly.
It seems that the Army is trying to haul back anyone they could conceivably get their hands on. I think the extreme example on 60 minutes was the 55 year old CWO who is 4'8" and has not seen active service since the 1960's and the chopper pilot with the bum leg. They both reported when called though.