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I don't know. Are they supposed to do this sort of thing?

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Hmmmmmmm. After completing a tour of duty in the Army, National Guard or (I think) any other branch of the US military, vets are subject to recall into the Army. The period of time for this differs; the particular story's time period of five years os about typical, maybe a little long. The people who join the military are aware of this. If they remain on inactive duty, they are *certainly* aware of it--they frequently have to attend monthly training classes, with a special assembly once a year. Employers are legally obligated to let people off work for this, and they are paid for their time.

But--this guy completed his inactive duty status EIGHT YEARS ago. There is a limit on how long this status lasts. This is the only case I've heard of that's this extreme, and I suspect that this is a glitch in the Army's bureaucracy and/or paperwork. I'll be fascinated to see if they really end up taking him

The Army is currently implementing a massive recall of people on inactive duty status. They're certainly supposed to do that. See this commondreams.org article (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1002-24.htm) for a bit more information.

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