I may have decided my fate

[HMCS(FMF)Ret.]

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/us-army-prepared-to-implement-army-retiree-recall-program-but-why

US Army prepared to implement 'Army Retiree Recall' Program...but why?​

The outlet reported that on March 20, the US Army Publishing Directorate issued ALARACT 017/2024. That form’s title identifies it as “Utilization of the Army Retiree Recall Program" and cites an executive order by then-President George W. Bush on September 14, 2001. EO 13223 is titled “Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Transportation.

Contained within the 18-page .pdf for the ALARACT (All Army Activities) is a slide titled “Directorate of Military Personnel Management. That slide states:

What is a Retiree Recall?:

A recalled retiree is a retired Soldier who is ordered to active duty from the Retired Reserve or the retired list under 10 USC 688/688a, 12301(a), or 12301(d) and serves in his or her retired status. Retiree Recall is not an extension of your MRD.

It continues:

Who can approve a Retiree Recall?- The Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) of Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA) is the authorized approver to recall retired Soldiers.”

The ALARACT references “peacetime operations.”

I.E. (U) AR-601-10, Management and Recall to Active Duty of Retired Soldiers of the Armin In SUpport of Mobilization and Peacetime Operations.

The last retiree recall was instituted in May 2020, when the federal government sought the assistance of 800,000 Ready Reserve and retired soldiers to help with the COVID-19 pandemic response. In addition to that recall, retiree recalls were also conducted during Operation Desert Storm on September 11, 2001, and during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In July of last year, Gateway Pundit reported that Joe Biden authorized a Presidential Action to activate 3,000 Reservists and 450 soldiers from the Individual Ready Reserves to serve, if necessary, in Operation Atlantic Resolve, military activities in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Retired soldiers subject to the Army Retiree Recall Program typically remain on active duty for one to two years. Retired aviation officers generally are recalled for at least two years up to a maximum of three years.

Many people predict the Biden administration is preparing to increase US military operations in Ukraine, or perhaps there is an “election year variant” of COVID or another bio-weapon planned. Either way, it appears something is in the wind.

We need a complete overhaul of our military. I think we’ll see a drastic reduction of military personnel in the next 10 years. I’d like to see the US take an America First policy with more of an isolationist stance than the current protector and decision maker for the world. We can reduce the military budget so much very easily. Without losing anything. We don’t need to use our Navy to constantly patrol the world. Just protect the homeland and some very specific interests. I could talk about changing things all day, but if we would just start doing things smarter with defense and handing out money to every country, we would be in a better position financially. Money is power.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

We need to go back to doing business the old way; drinks, babes and kickbacks!

 

[turkeyrun]

We need to go back to doing business the old way; drinks, babes and kickbacks!

The Biden Plan

 

[2busy]

I went through something similar at Baker Hughes. They bought our company and renamed it to Baker Hughes Inteq. Shortly thereafter they decided to move the whole plant in OKC to Houston. They offered three relocation packages of which I was in the top tier, which included buying my house and assisting me buying one down there, paying for moving, etc. and a decent raise once there. We took an all expenses paid weekend tour in Houston. They put us up in the Double Tree. Toured the facilities for the different divisions, saw the bunker where they store all the radioactive stuff, got to watch a perforation gun demo, etc. Went to a rodeo out of town and had great Texas BBQ. We had a blast that weekend, wine, beer and drinks as far as the eye could see! But after seeing Houston traffic and congestion there was no way I was moving. A few did though and they only had to sign a 1 year agreement. At the end of that year, I only know of one guy that stayed on and he didn't stay all that much longer.

It was a complete boondoggle. We had a beautiful 12.5 acre facility that had three different shops on it here in OKC. A rotor lining shop, a district shop that assembled and ran our directional tools on the rigs to customer order, and our machine shop where we built ALL the parts and did some remachining of parts that were still serviceable after being used. Drill bits were in Salt Lake City, but right before the move they had us machine a prototype diamond bit. In 7 years we had never touched a drill bit until then.

But the brainiacs in Houston wanted it all down there. It was the nicest facility I've worked in with painted floors you could almost eat off of, plumbed pre-mixed coolant to every machine, great equipment that was actually maintained and a killer break room, training room and engineering rooms. When we went up front we had to take our boots off or there was hell to pay. We had a great crew that knew what they were doing and most everyone got along great. We didn't have a lot of turnover.

And yet, they threw it all away and moved it. I can't even imagine what moving our equipment cost but it took over a year. Most of the machines were German. We had 4 slant bed CNC lathes and two deep hole boring machines that had drive motors over 100hp. And a good 6 really large oil country engine lathes. with 12 inch holes through the spindles. The CNCs had 300mm through hole spindles. I used a 1" square insert and took 5/8" cuts on AISI 4145 heat treated steel and those machines loved it. Multiple 4 ton gantry cranes covered the entire plant floor.

Then they tried to sell the facility. Didn't quite work out, They ended up having to keep it and eventually leased it, but I'm sure they took a bath on it sitting empty, even though it was paid for. It would have brought serious money and I know they planned on using it to partially finance the move. That never happened.

Had they not moved it to Houston, I'd probably still be there. I loved that job and lost a bunch of good friends when they moved. I'm still pissed!

Every once in a while we would use Baker Hughes wireline setting tools and they would send someone to rebuild them on location. Houston has ruined a lot of companies.

 

[crrcboatz]

The new guys may be envisioning a new direction. You may fall off....be wiped off..... despite how tight you hang on. We all are CEOs of YOURSELF, Inc. Manage yourself like the company you are. Even the best of customer/supplier relationships run out....for good reason or for no reason. Perform your input offerings to your customer/employer as the best resource they have.....you should always strive to be obviously a high contributor, critical to their mission.. Attitude, aka fit, always trumps aptitude. Friction makes one easy to jettison. If you haven't differentiated yourself from the masses, you are merely one of the masses, dime a dozen resource. Putting all one's eggs in one basket maximizes that risk. Most do that and when the risk becomes real, they crash, blame the employer instead of them self for mis-managing your own business entity. Most all do not manage themselves, put all eggs in one basket, contribute to your own business like the common low performing employee, are asleep at the helm of themselves. This could be the best thing that ever happens to you. IF you manage your own business. Whether you are an individual contributor or a leader/manager, write a business plan, evaluate your goods/services offerings, constantly work a plan to continually improve those offerings against your competitor's offerings, know your customer base needs/wants, "advertise" yourself by developing contact strategies (it's as much who you know as what you know...small talk makes big business...one great reason why successful business owners play golf......), perform the financials as a CPA, do risk analysis scenarios, plot your course, and steer a steady ship. Too often we dig and stay in our life rut , afraid or too complacent/lazy to climb out, until someone fills in the ends making it a grave. YOU ARE YOUR OWN CEO. GET IN THE GAME, PLAY LIKE IT.

Here here

 

[John6185]

My son at age 57 was laid of the fist of thsi year and has sent resumes all over but received only a few bites. He was making I believe over $160,000 per year and I told him to rathole part of his salary biut did he do it? Not on your life, he spent it on foolish things and if his kids said, I have an electric bill I that I could use a little help, he'd pay the electric bill. He is the kind of guy that if you went to the store with and was at the register, he'd pull out his credit card and pay for your groceries.
I create my own debts and don't like to pay others, I pay my own.

 

[THAT Gurl]

I'm the same way. I'm 55 and have 6 years to go before I can retire. Some days, I don't think I'll live that long.

Good luck with whatever happens ol' buddy.

You guys sound like Grumpy. He kept telling me not a single man in his family made it to 50. From 45 to 50 all I heard was "Well it doesn't matter anyway because I'm gonna be dead in 5 years ..." when he was trying to guilt me into a new car or gun. Yeah ... About that ...

The SOB turns 60 in July. Now when he starts talking like that I tell him to stop making promises he's not gonna keep.

Stop worrying about dying and go do something fun. I hope when it's your time you're bald, and sassy and neck deep in a serious love-making session with Mrs. GED. What a way to go, huh??

 

[Big House]

a tiny fraction of what he makes now

I'll be in good shape. I have a retirement from another company I worked for previously.

 

[Big House]

You guys sound like Grumpy. He kept telling me not a single man in his family made it to 50. From 45 to 50 all I heard was "Well it doesn't matter anyway because I'm gonna be dead in 5 years ..." when he was trying to guilt me into a new car or gun. Yeah ... About that ...

The SOB turns 60 in July. Now when he starts talking like that I tell him to stop making promises he's not gonna keep.

Stop worrying about dying and go do something fun. I hope when it's your time you're bald, and sassy and neck deep in a serious love-making session with Mrs. GED. What a way to go, huh??

My wife is a little more consolatory. She just hands me another life insurance policy to sign.

 

[clintbailey]

Stop worrying about dying and go do something fun.

I've came to the point in life that I agree with this statement more and more!