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originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: Aazadan
I'd need to see a source on that because I hadn't heard that. As far as I know, if you're 60 or going to hit 60 before a recall goes through or a deployment begins, you're not going anywhere.
That's what I was saying, they wouldn't bring back officers over 60. The change to this EO removes that. They still might not do it, but there's no longer a policy saying they can't. Which does open things up to either bringing back specific generals, or perhaps a retiring doctor or something where as they couldn't before.
originally posted by: derfreebie
originally posted by: Tarzan the apeman.
originally posted by: RazorV66
a reply to: Aazadan
This nothing new....I believe they have always been able to do this.
As far as shutting me up... that'd be easy. Two laps around the platoon with
even a 16 overhead would poptart my heart out like a four-banger toaster.
No worries, really : I got eligible for the draft a month before the Tet. They'll
probably take me back right after somebody evaporates Chesapeake Bay.
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to address a shortage in combat fliers, the White House and Pentagon announced.
By law, only 25 retired officers can be brought back to serve in any one branch. Trump's order removes those caps by expanding a state of national emergency declared by President George W. Bush after 9/11, signaling what could be a significant escalation in the 16-year-old global war on terror.
"We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Navy Cdr. Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement.
But the executive order itself is not specific to the Air Force, and could conceivably be used in the future to call up more officers and in other branches.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: Shamrock6
You're welcome, citizen.
I should have said thank you, civil servant. Taxes pay your salary, you're supposed to defend the people, not the Executive Branch.
Section 1. Amendment to Executive Order 13223. Section 1 of Executive Order 13223 is amended by adding at the end: "The authorities available for use during a national emergency under sections 688 and 690 of title 10, United States Code, are also invoked and made available, according to their terms, to the Secretary concerned, subject in the case of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to the direction of the Secretary of Defense."
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
a reply to: Aazadan
It may also have something to do with being a quick and simple way to bring back a number of the high ranking officers purged from the services under Obama.
originally posted by: DanteGaland
It's Trump.
When he RECALLS high ranking officers who've gone on record (there have been many) against him ...
He'll just say:
"They knew what they signed up for..."
originally posted by: Fools
originally posted by: Aazadan
a reply to: Fools
What a coincidence, so am I.
Then the argument should be fun to watch.