Originally Posted by
DarinFred
You got involuntarily recalled to AD? What?
Mover guessed right. I'm Navy Reserve.
I'm in a unit that is both active and reserve. On the active side, guys are gone maybe 6-9 months max in a 3 year sea tour.. Meanwhile on the reserve side, 4 of 7 officers are either on a mob, or got flagged for a mob and are getting ready to go..
I was four days past min dwell from the last one.
The Navy reserves are fouled up.. We deploy more than a good chunk of AD..
I half jokingly say I'm Active Duty that gets laid off between deployments. The Navy doesn't want reserves, and it shows.. But congress dictates we have reserves.
They've cut over half of our flying jobs, while offloading 85+% of "Individual Augmentee" Mobilizations (which tend to be long term, year plus involuntary recalls to jobs/places that suck) to the reserves.
If I could pass the USAF 39" waist measurement I'd have gone Air Guard a long time ago.. But I'm basically a giant and even when I had a six pack, a long long time ago when I was an Ensign, I still tape in at 40" waist.