Originally Posted by
Av8tr1
It has occasionally crossed my mind if I could be called back. Due to injuries sustained in the line of duty I lost my flight status and was sent home. Hold a 90% rating (nothing that the FAA is worried about before anyone starts). I can still shoot a gun, carry a ruck and make a helicopter dance on the head of a pin (and am current). Think there is ever a snowballs chance in hell they would call me back short of armed militia guarding what is left of the country?
Are you PDRL or did you take a medical discharge without a DOD rating? If you are PDRL it's always possible you could get called back because your commission is still in effect, should have even said on your retirement orders "subject to recall by the secretary" or something like that. With that said, it would take some pretty serious escalation to recall people on the PDRL and you'd probably be after a draft is re-instituted. If you're not TDRL/PDRL and you're just a regular retiree under 65, the chances are much higher if you've got a skill in demand they need to backfill in the event there's an actual build up again. And if you're a medical discharge with just a VA rating and no DOD rating (as in, not in a retired military status at all), you technically resigned your commission when you took the discharge/separation so it's pretty unlikely. If you have any MH ratings (MDD, Bipolar, etc) it gets closer to a zero chance even if the Russkies are invading Colorado, but you could always join the Wolverines.