Marine Corps calling up more IRR troops

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Marine Corps calling up more IRR troops
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, May 15, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps is once again calling up Marines from the Individual Ready Reserve.

The upcoming call-up will mark the fourth time since August 2006 that the Corps has dipped into the IRR to fill shortfalls in the active-duty force.

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"They are Marines who have fulfilled the active part of initial obligation, went back home for a year, a year plus, thinking they were done, and we’re calling them back to active service," said Maj. Gen. Andrew B. Davis, head of Marine Corps Mobilization Command.

Of the 60,000 Marines in the IRR, about 70 percent have deployed to combat at least once, Davis said on Wednesday.

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The Corps plans to screen between 1,700 and 1,800 Marines, of which it hopes about 550 will get orders for Iraq, officials said Wednesday.


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