European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 6, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 annual Call up of army reservists urged 1 a i i i. 111 i it irn i _ the Call up would help determine How effectively members of the indu dual Reserve could be mobilised James a cab wrote in the november Issue of National see Rii the Reserve officers association mag i inc. The Muster would not have to involve calling up the entire inactive Reserve on a single Webb said. Spreading the musters out across the ear might be an of Mcclive Way of avoiding the Public a affairs Pitfalls of a Muster he said. His article coincides with a Pentagon announcement thai the army will Muster a portion of its 1rr in a test in january. About 5,000 Irr members will be called up for a Day in 13 cities. The army is responding to orders from Congress which called for the Experiment in the 19x6 defense Aulhorn Ariun Bill. The army must hold the musters and report on their results by March 1. Most of the individuals who will be called to duty for one Day Are former Active army soldiers who still have time remaining in their military service obligations but who do not normally Lake part in weekend or annual training exercises a Pentagon spokesman said. The soldiers Are assigned to the army s individual ready Reserve until they Complete the terms of their service the army has about .102.000 Irr members including about 5,200 living overseas said army col. 1 rank Rush in the office of the Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for manpower and personnel. Rush said members overseas where the military s most Likely scenarios Lor action Are entered Are important to the Pentagon because the mobilisation plans of the services include them. Details of implementation like what to do with folks Oversea would be worked out with the Rush said. Webb would not need legislation to order annual mus ters. Rush said. The authority for All members of inc ready Reserve to do annual training is established in a he said. Webb said the Irr consists of about 457.000 people compared to 1.6 million in 1970. Me said recruiting successes such As longer enlist ments and belter retention has slowed the flow of men and women into the trained individual manpower Pool this Long neglected Pool of pc trained individuals is earmarked in All War plans for Early utilization. Early in a Webb wrote. And yet continuing prob lems relating to Quality Quantity and Loca ability have athe korean War. I tie army alone used men from thai Era s equivalent of the Irr in the first two months. Webb said. However the Irr mechanism Lus not been exercised in an serious Way since Korea lie . Webb cited potential problems with the Sis Lem More than 100.000 of the army Irr could be soft transferred from Active duly Lor Unsil Billiy. Pregnancy or hardship or Frum the selected Reserve As unsatisfactory drillers. Questionable military skills of reservists hearing the end of an eight year military service obligation. About 10 percent of the Pentagon s mailings to Irr members arc returned As undeliverable and Only 40 percent to 6 1 percent of Irr members reply when skid to respond. Webb said the military never has enforced regulations requiring members to report changes in address or physical condition and thus has no real picture of what has happened to these people. Webb said that while show rates in annual musters might not be encouraging at first. Be Pentagon Mil needs to exercise the system. He estimated that one Day musters to the nearest re serve Center could be accomplished for Sotl million. 46 retirees respond of army s fest recall program la if Ronda ii Sikk Scaff writer a. Germany l Orl six army retirees ranging from the rank of staff servant to colonel reported to the 21st replacement in tuesday in the first european test of the army s Retiree recall program. The program is designed to test and improve proce dures for returning retirees to Active duly in the event of mobilization. Retirees have valuable skills and training said 1.1. Col. John Wood battalion commander. I hey arc a source of personnel manpower that won t have to be filled from the Continental United slates. Part of our objective during this exercise is to deter mine the military occupational skill retention of each person and find out what he and his unit need to get him Back on track. We will also focus on where we will bring them Back to and How they will be accessed into the there arc about 3,500 retirees in Europe with hip pocket orders papers used to process the Retiree Back to duly in the cd Chi of recall. Fifty retirees volunteered to participate in inc three Day exercise code named cer Tain Sage and 46 showed up. A lot of these Guys Are still lied to the service through government employment or just by being in ," said master sgt. Michael Munn medical project officer for the exercise. I m impressed with their enthusiasm and positive attitude. And i d say at this Point that 80 to 85 percent of them can do the Job they would be recalled to the retirees first Stop after a Welcome and orientation tuesday was the army Hospital in Frankfurt for medical examinations. The exam is to make sure they Are qualified to per form their Job and can be mobilized Wood said. We re concerned about the person s health. If they Don t meet inc standards we Don t want to put them through any undue some of the medical qualifications arc under revision Munn said. This exercise will give us additional ammo to write a More realistic regulation pertinent to these retirees he said. The retirees returned to the battalion in the afternoon for personnel and finance processing. Wednesday they will report to one of six major commands for a briefing and orientation. Thursdays exercise will involve an Over All critique and Oul processing. I think this is a great said Ken Walters a retired master sergeant and communications specialist. It s especially great for those who have been retired for six or More years because it gets them read quailed with the army and the new the first test of the recall system developed in i9s1, was conducted during exercise Grey Thunder in 1984 Al fort Jackson . Similar tests were conducted at slam Side bases during october and others will be held this month. Is Woholo by la ecu w. Sefki retired . Jim Thiele is kit through an Eye examination by sgt. Jonny Imus by at Frankfurt s 97th in neral Hospital
