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WH Orders Selected Reserve and Certain IRR of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
- nullindividual 3y agoMaximum of 3,000 troops in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/07/13/message-to-the-congress-on-ordering-the-selected-reserve-and-certain-members-of-the-individual-ready-reserve-of-the-armed-forces-to-active-duty/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action...
- xemoka 3y agoAnd where Operation Atlantic Resolve is the US activities in response to the conflict in Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Atlantic_Resolve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Atlantic_Resolve
- jasonladuke0311 3y agoActivating IRR is such a shit move. I wonder if it’s only for certain critical MOS or something. Can’t imagine getting out of the military and having to go back (happened to friends of mine)
- red-iron-pine 3y agoBest guess: specialist systems like EW or missiles that are being stretched by Ukraine support. IRR also got raided before Iraq II for linguists and certain intelligence specialists as well. Pull back some of the Russian language specialists or ELINT analysts specializing in late-Soviet or post-Soviet systems, etc. "Guess what killer, you're the only expert on Borisoglebsk-2 who doesn't have a drinking problem. Welcome back." Could see them doing similar for Chinese system specialists or linguists.
- landemva 3y agoIt's almost like something in political water compels USA to be actively fighting all the time. USA had wasted lived and enormous treasure over the past three decades, and keeps losing.
- johnea 3y agoSorry landemva, me reeplying to your post probably contributed to you being at the bottom of the comments. Welcome to the bottom of the tech brat hierarchy... I hang out here a lot.
- johnea 3y agoBy "keeps loosing" you're obviously not refering to Lockheed-Martin shareholders: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/02/24/war-is-great-for-the-portfolio-as-defense-stocks-enjoy-a-banner-year/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/02/24/war-is-great-fo...
- torstenvl 3y agoThis headline is grossly inaccurate. The White House has not ordered anybody to active duty. "I hereby authorize the Secretary of Defense . . . to order to [them to] active duty." The only thing that has happened is that SECDEF may authorize it. I am not aware of any services asking to do so at this time. This order does nothing more than to put the authority in place, should it be needed. Additionally, while not inaccurate, "certain IRR" is putting it lightly. This only applies to IRR members who are both: (1) "in the Individual Ready Reserve mobilization category," which is 100% voluntary under 10 U.S.C. § 10144(b)(1)(A); AND (2) "designated as essential." Lastly, even that number is capped: "not more than 450 may be members of the Individual Ready Reserve."
- riscy 3y agoAre you suggesting the White House’s own headline “Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty” is grossly inaccurate too? Isn’t the SECDEF under direct orders from the president who signed this order?
- torstenvl 3y agoThere's a difference between "WH Orders..." and "WH issues policy on 'Ordering...'". "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- riscy 3y agoThe official press release and HN’s titles say “Ordering”, not “Authorizing” nor “Issuing Policy”. I don’t know why you’re reading between the lines of one sentence saying that he is only “authorizing the SECDEF” and ignoring the president himself saying this one sentence prior: > I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the active Armed Forces […] The SECDEF is under orders of the president who commands the military and says it is necessary.
- neverrroot 3y agoEvery escalation has a humble beginning