Originally Posted by
Excargodog
It is what it is…
I fly with 121 pilots who are still in their post-discharge IRR service obligation who say "they'll never recall me, I'm 30 pounds overweight and pre-diabetic". I keep reminding young'uns that if you still have an MSO, even if it's in the IRR, you will be recalled in the event of a war regardless of your weight. The meme of CPT Front-Butt and that morbidly obese Marine Captain are real life dudes who were recalled from the IRR during OIF/OEF. Your expanding waist will not save you from the suck, so never say never.
FWIW, if they ever do invade, it'll be over so fast I doubt we'll ever get to stop loss or retiree recalls. Putin has everything east of the Dnieper surrounded on three sides, and this terrain is Rommel's wet dream for an armored invasion because it's completely flat and frozen this time of year.