Did anybody else get an "official business" letter from the VA or their their military service they were recently in? I separated from the military in 2009 so I still have the 4 years of ready reserve service, which will end in 2013.

The letter said this will be a mandatory annual muster located at the nearest base from your current address. This is the first time I have heard of such a thing, and was wondering if anyone else got it.

Could there be a big military project in the near future and they want to "number their troops" so to speak?

I'll post more details about the letters I got about the muster depending on the reply I get here.

Thanks you two for the replies, stars for all! I was aware that I could be called back for service and all that, but what is odd is the letter said this will be a "mandatory muster every year from here on out". I thought that was new and never heard of it before. I mean, I didn't get a letter for this in 2010.

I'm sort of looking forward to it though so I can see my old planes and see what the military ranks are looking like.

Thanks junkthedragon and ir308, stars for you two. And yes, the letter said $205 for the 4 hours of muster PLUS travel pay, which is 167 miles away 3 hour trip. So I may make a much more from this little trip then I would from my day of work I will have to miss over this

Should be good times all around...I hope. This thread can be deleted I guess now that all has been answered.

I got em when I got out and still had 4 years left. Usually what happened was I showed up they had me sign a piece of paper they asked if I was interested in going reserve active I said no and that was it took about 15 mins. Week or 2 later a check for a 100 something would show up. Isn't a big deal to be honest.