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800 service members kicked out under [Don't Ask Don't Tell] just got discharges upgraded to honorable
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If anyone becomes eligible for recall due to this discharge upgrade, it'd be a very small number and even then, there's next to no chance that they'd actually get called up. Can't rule it out entirely because something about a Sith and absolutes (and because I don't care to dig into the statistics) but realistically, it won't happen.
10 U.S.C. § 688 (Retired members: authority to order to active duty; duties)
This section states that retirees of armed forces branches and reservists may be recalled to active duty. The thing about subsection (d) refers to a program where officers could choose to retire early so doesn't really come into play for what we're talking about. It's worth noting that a service member who completes their contract is not necessarily a retiree which is why the recall authority doesn't apply more broadly.
Yeah I'm not aware of any mechanism to recall any former enlisted servicemember past their IRR period.
I figure if things get bad enough that they'd want any of us fat, broken old(ish)-timers back, we'll see some new laws on the books making it possible.
Bruh, if I got out and fulfilled my IRR honorably and whatnot, and then I was recalled years later, I would promptly smoke all the pot in reasonable distance from me the moment I received that recall notice.
I'm sure the existing draft covers it, but we'd be a long way down the list.
DADT ended in 2011. The military would have to be pretty desperate to want most of those veterans back in service.