Army to 'muster' 5,000 reservists

[UpInArms]

Source: Concord Monitor

For the first time since the Iraq war began, the Army is notifying thousands from a special category of reservists that they must report this summer for medical screening and other administrative tasks.

The decision to issue "muster" orders for 5,000 members of the Individual Ready Reserve, or IRR, is not a prelude to a new mobilization or deployment of reservists to Iraq, an Army spokesman said. Instead it is part of a new effort to fix an IRR call-up system that failed on multiple fronts early in the Iraq war.

One problem was that the Army simply could not contact many of its IRR members; it had allowed them to ignore the requirement that they notify the Army of a change in residence. Some turned out to be deceased; others were physically unfit for duty or faced personal problems that barred them from serving.

Read more: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/REPOSITORY/706130352/1013/NEWS03

[tabasco]

1. Inaccurate, misleading reporting.

The articles leads one to believe that the IRR has not been called up for the Iraq quagmire. That's not true. Thousands have been called up from the IRR for Iraq duty and are on active duty now.

This is a new type of call-up but not the first call-up for the IRR.

[demnan]

2. Who the hell are they trying to fool?

We all know we're getting ready for Iran!

[roody]

3. I hope the troops support the troops and say NO!

[MaineDem]

4. I seem to remember this exact story from a few years back

I distinctly remember the issue of not being able to find all the IRR members.