Individual Ready Reserve / Inactive National Guard
Individual
Ready Reserve / Inactive National Guard
The
Individual Ready Reserve (IRR),
together with the Inactive National Guard (ING) consists of those Ready
Reservists not in the Selected Reserve. The IRR consists of Reservists in
the following categories:
1. A manpower pool comprised principally of trained individuals, having
served previously in the AC or in the Selected Reserve, and having some
period of their Military Service Obligation (MSO) remaining. There are some
voluntary individuals in the IRR, for hardship or special non-pay programs,
providing a variety of professional assignments and opportunities for earning
retirement points and military benefits. Those personnel all have an obligation
to complete either their MSO or another contractual commitment. Members
may voluntarily participate in training for retirement points and promotion
with or without pay. IRR members may be (but are not presently) required
to meet the same training requirements as Selected Reservists. Required
training (involuntary) may not exceed 30 days per year under 10 USC 10147.
2. The IRR includes some personnel participating in officer training programs
or in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (AFHPSP).
Members in the stipend program are required to perform 45 days of active
duty for training (ADT) per year.
c. The IRR also includes members of the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) enlisted
under 10 USC 513.
d. Also included in the IRR are those personnel who are awaiting IADT and
are assigned to units but serving without pay.
The Inactive National Guard consists of National Guard personnel in an inactive
status in the Ready Reserve, not in the Selected Reserve. To remain in the
ING, members must muster once a year with their assigned unit, but they
do not participate in training activities. On mobilization, ING members
mobilize with their units. Similar to other IRR, some ING members have legal
and contractual obligations. Members of the ING may not train for points
or pay and are not eligible for promotion. The ING category is currently
used only by the ARNG. Members of the Reserves with no inactive duty training
or active duty for training obligations may perform voluntary unpaid drills
with units of the Selected Reserve, enroll in correspondence courses, or
perform other unpaid inactive duty training for the purpose of accumulating
retirement points. Individuals who have enlisted in the Reserves and are
awaiting their initial active duty for training may also perform unpaid
drills.
