[extropy-chat] Backdoor Draft?

[Mike Lorrey]

--- "Stephen J. Van Sickle" <sjvans at ameritech.net> wrote:

> 
> She is not talking about the stop lose orders, which some have
> accused of being "back door drafts".  These are normal, official, and
> occasionally used even in peace time for critical skills.  This fits
> the phrase "for the duration" much better.
> 
> What it seems to be here are re-up "counselors" getting an attack of
> the stupids, probably combined with normal military rumor mongering.

One thing to consider is that most of these guard members are just a
few years out of their previous active duty term, they joined the guard
after discharge from active duty service for the extra pay. What this
means is that your original active duty term of service may have been 4
years active duty, but it also includes 6 years of inactive reserve
service, for which they have every right to call you back up for at any
time. If you happen to be in the guard at that time, or even if you
aren't, it isn't "not fair" because you signed a contract years prior.

For active duty units, unit cohesion is a major contributor to
readiness and morale. Keeping experienced guys in the same unit is of
paramount importance to long term capability of the unit and minimizing
training costs as well as battlefield casualties.

Neither of these things is a backdoor draft, because neither activity
is contrary to the contracts that the enlistee originally signed.

=====
Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                         -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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