Originally Posted by rickair7777

There is a long list of exclusions from the five year limit, but not quite all orders qualify. Your guard organization did not do you any favors by inserting language that the orders were voluntary because that muddies the water and could lead an employer to think wrongly.

AGR under voluntary state orders might well count against the five years, unless there's some sort of OCO involved.

The navy does it better...they will solicit volunteers, but you are not volunteering for orders, you are volunteering to be INVOLUNTARILY mobilized. Most orders (there are a few niche exceptions which have nothing to do with OCO or readiness) are written as involuntary. This is good for the Navy, they get volunteers who would otherwise be afraid to pizz off their employers and/or spouses.