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More options on the way for IRR soldiers

Army leaders want to give Individual Ready Reserve members more options to stay in the service. When their IRR commitment runs out, Army Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz said he wants to provide these soldiers a new IRR status that would leave them subject only to voluntary recalls.

Stultz said he spoke to Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, the deputy chief of staff for human resources, about the proposal earlier this month.

“There are a lot of soldiers who have valuable skills for the Army, but once their commitment is up they leave because they want to try something else. Many want to stay but need another option. This could be it,” Stultz said Tuesday at the Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington.

When Stultz spoke to soldiers about why they left the Army, many said they would consider staying in the IRR if they had control over when they were recalled.

“This way they would be in control,” Stultz said.

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