Involuntary Troop Call Up To Effect 6,500 Next Week

The Individual Ready Reserve, consisting of soldiers who have completed their voluntary service (but remain eligible to be called up for duty) will be tapped to serve again in Afghanistan and Iraq next Wednesday. Almost half of this reserve will be notified to mobilize with the other half being told to expect similar orders in the near future. Re-activated soldiers can expect to be on active duty for at least two years according to officials who expect a long term need for "boots on the ground" to fulfill pending missions.

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