Sounds like they were officers or still in the reserves.
If you stayed in the reserves, you should be shocked that one day your country might actually need you. It is not just a weekend get together with old friends. This is a major reason why I chose not to join the reserves when my time was up.
Jim
As I recall the story, she did actually serve the first time (I think), but regardless…we’re talking a GRANDMOTHER who had lived a civilian life for decades before being called back. There’s something wrong with that. Reserves…who said it would be for life? Oh…that’s right. THEY did.
Here’s the story I was referring to: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/03/60minutes/main658994.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories
You only stay in the active reserves by choice. It is hard to argue over this without the details. If she was completely seperated from the service and not a Flag Officer, I did not know they could call her back up. If she had stayed in the reserves, then she should be surprised.
According to **Mr. Moto’s ** link, she was in the IRR.
I have to agree, that stinks. They got her on a technicality.
So it is not just flag officers but all officers. This is new to me.
Jim
I read the thread title and thought, “You’re going to be a telemarketer??”
Yes, it’s all perfectly legal…even if it is a technicality. But Jeezus…a 56-year old woman who isn’t any bigger than her rifle? It just reinforces how difficult it is to get people to fight a war that has no end.
Come see me while you’re in Kentucky, Bear dear. I’m just up the road!
Well, no more weird stories about Korea anymore. Now it’s back to weird stories about redneck weddings.
Welcome back to the homeland at any rate.
So, what do you do between leaving Korea in February and reporting to Fort Jackson in June? Are reporting dates more like “at the very latest”?
Funny, I read the thread title and thought, “But you’ll still be one of the best-looking members!” 
(I know, I know: horribly inappropriate – and not particularly creative, at that. I apologize to Bear_Nenno, and to everyone else in this thread. But it really was the first thing I thought.)
I’m sorry, Bear. And I’m doubly sorry that the Army will be transferring one who is skilled, intelligent, and willing to a position that’s not the best match for your skills or interests. It’s too bad, really. Incidentally, thank you for your service, anyway.
At least you’ll be stateside.
Of course you’ll be stationed to some economically depressed area.
Hey, where in the heck is Miles? How does he feel about this?
When I joined the Navy, the recruiting office was in a solidly middle class neighborhood of Pittsburgh, just a couple of blocks from where my aunt and uncle live.
He headed up pharmacy services for a major medical center, and she was a teacher. They didn’t live in poverty, I can assure you.
You can cling to your myths, though, if they’ll comfort you.
Ditto, my recruiter was right in Red Bank, NJ. A middle-class Office and Store town.
There is a recruiting station right on Broadway, NYC. I don’t see why recruiting station would = economically depressed.
Mainly two reasons. 1) I know I am going to reenlist for 5 more years anyway. 2) Know point in waiting to do it later, when I can use the $10,000 bonus now.
Misnomer, that’s not inappropriate at all. Just a little suprising. I don’t think I’ve ever had a compliment on here like that.
As for that date, yea it’s like a NLT date. My class is actually already scheduled for mid March. Then I will go to my new station about 2 or 3 months later.
But I think I will take about a month of leave when I get back to the states, so that March class is going to have to be pushed back a little.
Zebra, hopefully I will get the station I choose. If not, I possibly could end up in a small town or low income area. But maybe that will make my job of finding willing candidates a little easier, so I guess there’s always a positive side to look at.
Oh, and Miles? He disappeared in Australia about a year ago. So sad. I think The Dingoes Ate My Monkey!!!
Then I’m proud (though shocked) to be the first.
Thanks for explaining. Glad you’ll be able to take some leave upon your return!
Good luck with the recruiting Bear. As some people have already said, I have no problem with my recruiter. I came in wanting to join, and already knew the MOS I wanted. Filled out the forms, lost a few more lbs, and left.
Just remember don’t ignore the recruits that have signed up, but not left for basic yet. Do PT with them, do some CTT training with them, show them how to do some D&C. That was one thing that helped me in basic. My recruiter’s office did PT sessions 3 times a week, and did some simple training on other days. Stuff like how to read a map, use a compass, how to evaluate a cassualty. When I got to basic, and they did that I had an understanding on what was going on.
To the others, yes the Army sends you where they want, not where you want. Sometimes it is really stupid. My wife is trying to extend her stay in Korea. After having problems with her paperwork she ended up on orders back to the US. Other people in her company were getting involintarily extended here in Korea. She asked to be involentarily extended, and was told she couldn’t because “She wanted to extend.” :smack:
Again good luck with the recruiting. It isn’t an easy job, but I am sure you will do well.
-Otanx
Hey Mr. Moto
This is the correct way to disagree with someone here in MPSIMS
And this is the wrong way.
I’ll cling to my myths and you cling to yours.
No matter what part of town his office will be located, he’ll be making trips to the other side of the tracks almost constantly.
Like the guys in Times Square go up the HSs in the Bronx and Brooklyn. The upper east side, ummm not so much.
Bear_Nemo Friggin Dingos!
Always nice to get positive feedback in a mild debate. Thank you. 
As far as recruiters go my only experience was 6 days of HARP* duty in the same Red Bank office that recruited me. We never went to a depressed area as most of Monmouth County is a mix of Lower Middle to Upper Middle. I even went to one of the Upper Middle Class High Schools to help recruit. So from my very small experience with recruiting, we recruit from all over but mainly relied on walk-ins and mailings.
Jim
When were you a recruiter? (just curious)
Yep. And my HARP duty entailed going to a high school that served a middle to upper-middle income area, and also going to shopping malls and talking to teenagers in the food court. I didn’t go at any time to the Pittsburgh equivalent of the Bronx or Brooklyn, which would have been some of the mill towns in the Mon Valley.
Not that recruitment didn’t happen there, mind, just that this office didn’t recruit there and I wasn’t going to be sent there to help recruit.
The military recruits all over the place. It does not restrict its recruitment to economically depressed areas, which was your assertion, Zebra.