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INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) CALL-UP:

ATTITUDES, MOTIVATION, AND CONCERNS

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bases were used to identify problems that occurred during the call-up

process and assess the impact of the call-up on the IRR. The results

indicated that many of the IRR soldiers were not happy about being called

up, had serious concerns about their treatment at in-processing, and/or

were seriously concerned about the call-up's disruption of their lives.

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Research Report 1594

Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Call-Up:

Attitudes, Motivation, and Concerns

Alma G. Steinberg

U.S. Army Research Institute

Leadership and Motivation Technical Area

Franklin L. Moses, Acting Chief

Training Research Laboratory

Jack H. Hiller, Director

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report is the result of the dedication and team work of

the entire IRR Training Task Force. Dr. Robert A. Wisher, the

Task Force leader, and the other Task Force members, Dr. Richard

P. Kern, Dr. Mark A. Sabol, and Mr. Hillel Sukenik, put in long

hours to design an instrument, develop a data base, and collect

and analyze the data -- all in less than 3 months. I am grateful

for their quick turn-around and support.

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FOREWORD

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The Training Research Laboratory of the U.S. Army Research

Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) conducts

research on skill acquisition and retention and also on

motivation. The significance of these research topics to current

Army issues was apparent when the Office of the Deputy Chief of

Staff for Personnel (DA-DMPM) tasked ARI for a quick response to

the issue of skill decay among soldiers from the Individual Ready

Reserve called up for Operation Desert Storm. This report on the

attitudes, motivation, and concerns of these reservists, and a

companion report on skill decay, respond directly to the

questions from the Director of Military Personnel Management.

Results were briefed to the ODCSPER in April, 1991.

EDGAR Mi. JO NSON

Technical Director

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INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) CALL-UP: ATTITUDES, MOTIVATION,

AND CONCERNS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Requirement:

The U.S. Army Research Institute was tasked by the office of

2T the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DA-DMPM) to assess &kill

__ decay of the IRR call-ups for .the Persian Gulf war. Associated

with this tasking was the requirement by the. Director of hNilitary

Personnel Management (DMPM) to identify problems that occurred

during the call-up process and assess the impact of the call-up

on the IRR.

Procedure:

A 31-item, multiple-choice questionnaire was developed which

contained items to determine attitudes toward the call-up and

identify areas of concern relating to the call-up. In addition,

three existing data bases were used to provide data on several

background variables. Responses to the questionnaire were

received from 3051 IRR soldiers at seven locations. Over half of

these respondents provided one or more written comments

expressing their attitudes and concerns.

Findings:

The majority of I1RR call-ups had a negative attitude toward

being called up. In addition, they were dissatisfied with the

way in-processing was conducted. They complained about

disorganization, long lines, lack of information, improper

treatment, inappropriate training, incorrect or missing records

and files, and finance problems. other concerns were related to

the disruption of their lives and it; impact on their jobs,

income, schooling, and families.

Utilization of Findings:

The findings and recommendations provided in this report

will provide input for the development of manpower policies an,

plans for future mobilizations.

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AND CONCERNS

CONTENTS

Page

INTRODUCTION

Purpose of report ........................................... I

Background .......................... *I ... . .............. 1

METHOD

Procedure ................................................... 1

Instrument-,. ............................... 2

Analysis of write-in comments 2

Respondents ................................................. 2

RESULTS

Responses to questionnaire items on attitudes

and motivation ........................................... 3

Write-in comments about in-processing ...................... 13

Disorganization, long lines, lack of information ......... 13

Improper treatment..................................... 13

Inappropriate training/lack of proficiency in MOS ........ 15

Incorrect or missing records/files/orders ................ 15

Finance ......................... 15

Medical treatment............ ......................... 16

Problems getting to in-processing location ............... 16

Other problems relating to in-processing ................. 16

Write-in comments not about in-processing .................. 16

Attitude toward the Army/motivation ...................... 166

Family problems/need for more time ....................... 16

Negative attitude toward IRR call-up or being in IRR ..... 18

Loss of income/job-related ....... ........ 18

interference wl-... school....... ...... . . . . . 18

Other com~ments ........... ... . . . . . . ....... 18

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMoENDATIONS

conclusions .......................................... 18

Recommendations ............................................. 19

REFERENCES .................................................... 20

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APPENDIX A. IRR Questionnaire .................................A-i

B. Comments on disorganization, long lines,

lack of information ............................. B-i

C. Comments on improper treatment ................... C-i

D. Comments on inappropriate training/lack

of proficiency in MOS ................... D-1

E. Comments on incorrect or missing records/

files/orders ................. ........... E-1

F. Comments on finance .......................... F-I

G. Comments on medical treatment .................... G-1

H. Comments on problems getting to inprocessing location ........................ H-I

I. Comments on other problems relating to

in-processing .................................. 1-i

J. Comments on attitude toward the Army/

motivation .............................. J-l

K. Comments on family problems/need for

more time ............................ K-I

L. Comments on negative attitude toward

IRR call-up or being in the IRR ................ L-i

M. Conments on loss of income, or job-related ....... M-1

N. Comments on interlertnce with school ............. N-1

0. Other comments .................................0-1

LIST O1 TABLEV

Table i. Variables that did and aid not differentiate those

positive and negative about being called up .......... 5

Table 2. Comments on in-processing problems, by location ..... 14

Table 3. Comments on other problems, by location ............. 17

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LIST OF FIGURES

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Aft Figure 1. How felt about being called up....................... 4

2. How felt about being called up vs.

How felt about active Army service when left it... 7

3. How felt about being called up vs.

How like~d Army primary MOS job during last duty ..... 8

4. How feel now about being called up vs.

How technically ready................................. 9

5. How feel now about being cailed up vs.

H-ow motivated for Army dte............10

6. How motivated to perform Army duties vs.

Call-up or volunteer............ .................... 11

7. How feel now about being called up vs.

How confident will perform well in combat .......... 12

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INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) CALL-UP:

ATTITUDES, MOTIVATION, AND CONCERNS

I. INTRODUCTION

Purpose of report. This special report is the second of two

reports that provides the findings of the ARI (U.S. Army Research

Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences) IRR Training Task Force. The first report (Wisher, Sabol, Sukenik, & Kern,

1991) focuses on skill decay issues, whereas this report focuses

on IRR attitudes, motivation, and concerns.

Background. The ARI IRR Training Task Force was formed in

response to a 5 February 1991 tasking by the Director of Military

Personnel Management, BG Stroup, to assess skill decay for the

IRK Desert Storm call-ups. Also associated with this tasking was , the identification of problems that occurred during the call-up

process and the assessment of the impact of the call-up on the

SIRR. Since the study was designed to provide input for the

development of manpower policy, it was important to examine

motivational and attitudinal issues arising from the call-up, as

well.

II. METHOD

Procedure. Three sources of data were used to address the

above IRR issues: questionnaire responses, performance data, and

data from existing data bases. To address problems that occurred

during the call-up process and motivational/attitudinal issues

related to the call-up of the IRR, this report uses responses to

relevant items on a questionnaire developed for the IRR, the

free-form comments that respondents wrote on the questionnaire, and several background variables (e.g., rank, volunteer status)

from the existing data bases which relate to the questionnaire respondents. Complete, item by item responses to the

questionnaire and the results of individual performance tests are

presented in the skill decay report CWisher et al., 1991).

The questionnaire, described below, was developed by the

ARI IRR Training Task Force and distributed by TRADOC

mobilization stations responsible for processing and testing the

IRR. In order to encourage maximum participation, a TRADOC

message was sent by the TRADOC Deputy Chief of Staff for

Training, MG Hagan, to the mobilization stations requesting that

the IRR soldiers complete the questionnaire as part of their outprocessing, just prior to deployment.

Selected background variables from three existing data bases

were integrated into a new data base. The three other data bases

were: the ATRES data base (Army Training Requirements and
Resources System), the EMF (Enlisted Master File), and a Cohort

data base originally created for ARI's Project A (Improving the

Selectionl, Classification, and Utilization of Ar-my Enlisted

Personnel.

Instrument. A 31-item questionnaire was developed to

address Army background (e.g., length of time in IRR, level of

training), MOS tasks (e.g., satisfaction with MOS, overlap with

civilian tasks), and the call-up process and impact (e.g.,

feedback on call-up process, motivation, impact on finances,

education, job and family). Blank space was also provided for

comments (see Appendix A for the complete questionnaire). The

JIM questionnaire was sent by overnight express mail to the

mobilization stations on 13 February. Two practical constraints

on the questionnaire were that it be developed in less than a

week and takce up no more than one double-sided page. Since the

questionnaire was administered just prior to deployment, those

who departed for medical, hardship, or other reasons were not

included in the sample.

Aknalysis of write-in convents. A little over half of the

respondents provided one or more written comments on the

questionnaire. Since there were so many comments, it was decided

to perform an analysis of the comments in order to determine and

summarize the areas of concern. For this purpose, a modified

content analysis approach was used. Response categories were

established for broad topic areas and comments were categorized

within these areas by theme. Categorization by thematic units

meant that whether it was only a single word, a sentence, or a

paragraph on a given theme, each thematic unit was to be counted

and categorized as one comment by a person. The categories were

designed to be mutually exclusive, such that a theme would tall

in only one code category. Response categories were first

developed based on one location, then refined on a second

location, and finally applied to all the l.ocations. Some

features of a content analysis were not included due to the lack

of time ani people resources (e.g., multiple coders were not

used, responses were not computer coded).

Respondents. Completed questionnaires were received from

3051 IRR soldiers at the following locations: Ft. Benning

(n=806), Ft. Sill (n=60), Ft. Leonard Wood (n=944), Ft. Knox

(n=381), Ft. Lee (n=294), Ft. Bliss (n=218), and Ft. Jackson

(n=348). The following describe the background of the

respondents:

*78% were in the IRR for 3 to 12 months (8% were in the IRR

less than 3 months and 14% were in the IRR for more than a

year).

*5 career management fields (CMF) accounted for 82% of the

respondcnts: 27% Infantry, 20% Supply and Ser-vice, 18%

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combat Engineering, 11% Mechanical Maintenance, and 6%

Armor.

* 26% (702) were pay grades El to E3, 60% (1626) were E4s,

and 14% (381) were E5s to E9s (i.e., NCOs). Less than 1%

were officers. Pay grade data was not available for 322

soldiers.

* 5% were volunteers.

• 3% were female.

• 54% were single, 39% were married, and 7% were divorced,

widowed, or separated.

* 68% had no children living with them at the time of callup.

58% reported that they provided some financial support for

two or more people (including themselves).

• 46% indicated that they wera attending school when they

received their call-up notice (33% in college, 7% in trade

or vocational school, and 6% in other school or training).

* 89% had a civilian job at the time tbey were called up.

* 24% indicated that their personal monthly income would

increase as a result of their call-up, 16% said that it

would stay the same, and 60% said that it would decrease.

III. RESULTS

Responses to cquestionnaire items on attitudes and motivation

Many of the IRR soldiers were not happy about being called

up. In response to the question "How did you feel about being

called up when you first received your notice?" 61% said they

felt negative (see Figure 1). They also indicated that their

feelings about being called up did not change after they were

processed at the mobilization station, approximately 7 to 30 days

after receiving their call-up notice.

A number of variables were examined to see what might

differentiate those who felt positive about the call-up from

those who felt negative.I Table 1 summarizes the findings. How

they felt was related to:

'The total number of responses in the analyses varies slightly

due to missing responses to some questions or missing data in the

databases.

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VARIABLES THAT DIFFERENTIATED THOSE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE

How felt about Active Army service when you left it? (Q9) 1

How liked Army primary MOS job during last duty? (QII)

How technically prepared (after etraining) to do Army job? (QI8)

How motivated to perform Army duties? (Q19)

How confident will perform well as soldier in combat situation?

(Q20)

VARIABLES THAT DID NOT DIFFERENTIATE THOSE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE

Marital status (Q21)

Children (Q22)

Dependents supported (Q23)

Job (Q27)

Personal income change (Q29)

School (Q24)

Time in IRR (Q5)

Age

Rank

Did you experience any problems with in-processing? (Q17)

iThis variable corresponds to the indicated item on the

questionnaire (see Appendix A). Note that variables without an

indicated item number come from pre-existing databases.

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a Their feelings about their active Army service. Those

who were more. positive about their active Army

service tended to be more positive about being called

I up (see Figure 2).

e How much they liked their Army primary MOS job during

their last duty. If they liked their primary NOS job,

they were more likely to feel positive about being called

up (see Figure 3).

* Self assessments of technical readiness. Those who felt

positive about being called up tended to be more likely to

indicate that they were technically ready to do their Army

job than those who felt negative about the call-up (see

Figure 4).

*Motivation. Those who felt positive about being called

up tended to indicate that they were more motivated to

perform their Army duties (see Figure 5). Note that

volunteers also indicated more motivation than nonvolunteers (see Figure 6)

*Self confidence. Those who felt positive about being

called up tended to indicate that they were more confident

that they would perform well as a soldier in a combat

situation (see Figure 7).

Many background variables that one might have supposed would

be related to a difference in attitude toward being called up

were not. There was no difference in attitude toward being

called up between solders:

a who were married and those who were single

* who had children living with them at the time of call-up

and those who did not

* who supported only themselves and those who helped to

support others as well

* who had a civilian job and those who did not

LJ * who had their income decreased and those who had their K income increased

- who were in school and those who were not

e who were in the IRR for different amounts of time

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Write-in comments about in-processinG

Over half of the 3,051 respondents to the questionnaire

provided one or more written comments. This section descxibes

and illustrates comments with respect to in-processing, and the

next section describes and illustrates concerns in other areas.

The comments about in-processing were further divided into a

number of thematic areas as shown in Table 2. (The reader is

cautioned that although the number of comments in each area is

A provided in the Table, there is no way of systematically

determining from the responses how each of the respondents felt

about each topic because each respondent only addressed selected

topics.) Below is a short summary of each thematic area and a

reference to the corresponding appendix which provides some of

tha comments in that thematic area. (Note: Although each and

every comment is not provided, enough examples of comments are

given so that the reader may get a clear indication of the nature

of the comments in each area.)

Disorganization, long lines, lack of nf•oration (see

Appendix B)_. This is the area that respondents complained about

most. They said the in-processing was very unorganized and much

too slow. They indicated that the in-processing center was not

organized to handle so many people at once and, given the large

number of people, did not adapt their procedures to handle them

efficiently. They reported spending hours and hours in long

lines on the one hand, and not being given enough time to get

food or sleep, on the other hand. One respondent summed up the

process as "Everyone -- 2,500 -- went thru stations in single

file at [the] same time." Respondents also complained that the

personnel doing the in-processing did not know what they were

doing and either could not or did not answer the questions of the

IRR soldiers and provide information about in-processing

procedures, about what would happen next, and about issues that

would help the IRR organize their affairs (e.g., finance,

resources for their families).

.mproper treatment (see AppendixCL. Respondents complained

that they were treated as if they were basic trainees ("garbage",

"children", "cattle", "robots", "dirt", and "animals" were some

of the additional terms they used) instead of experienced

soldiers and Army veterans. NCOs complained that they were

treated without any recognition of their NCO status. Instead of

Lreat-Ing the ILRR sod ..... with the respect they expected, the

people in charge were rude and exhibited a bad attitude toward

IRR soldiers. Respondents indicated that they felt intimidated

and were herded like cattle, made to stand in formations for long

periods of time, treated as if they didn't know anything, given

curfews, not permitted any time off, lied to, and locked in.

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Apipendix D). Of those that made comments about training, the

consensus was that the training was unsatisfactory for one or

more reasons. Reasons indicated included:

* Common task training was not necessary for experienced

soldiers.

* Lack of emphasis on MOS training.

* Too much or too little time set aside for training.

* Much wasted time during the training days.

* Training not tailored to current situation (e.g., desert

warfare, recognition of Iraqi vehicles and uniforms)

* Training was not tailored to background or need. For

example, the training provided to those who never

previously worked or trained in their MOS was the same

as that provided to experienced NCOs.

* Training not strict enough (i.e., too easy to pass).

One group particularly concerned about the training

consisted of those who lacked experience in their MOS, either

because their experience was in an area other than their primary

MOS or because they were being assigned to a new MOS at the inprocessing center.

Finally, there were comments relating to resentment of the

trainers. The drill sergeants were described as conducting

training for experienced soldiers in the same way they conducted

training for basic trainees. Guard and Reserve trainers were

seen as needing more training themselves. Also, NCOs complained

that no advantage of their skills was taken during the inprocessing or training.

Incorrect or missing records/files/orders (see Appendix E).

There were complaints of incorrect or missing records, files, and

orders. The "201" files (i.e., the Military Personnel Records

Jacket) and medical and dental records were often mentioned, but

it would be difficult to specify the number of complaints by type

of file or record because many did not specify the type of

records which were missing or incorrect. Particularly upset were

those whose files or records were lost more than once and those

who had to retake shots due to lost medical records.

Finance (see Appendix F). Comments in this area dealt with

pay that they did not get or did not get on time, lack of

information and misinformation about pay issues, problems with

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respect to direct deposit, and having to pay for meals out of

their own pockets.

Medical treatment (see Appendix G). Most complaints about

treatment from medical personnel were in the following four

areas:

& perceived lack of concern (caring) on the part of medical

personnel with individuals' medical problems.

e inadequate screening, screening not thorough enough,

rushed through screening, screening just a formality,

medical problems not checked out.

* refusal to acknowledge medical problem existed, medical

information overlooked, lack of credence given to

information from civilian doctors about the existence

of specific medical problems.

* refusal to consider an acknowledged medical problem

as sufficient reason for being excused from active Army.

Problems getting to in-Processinc location (see Appendix H).

The primary issue here was that people were sent to more than cne

location to complete their in-processing. This was seen as a

waste of time and money and frustrating because it meant going

through the very unorganized in-processing procedures more than

once.

Other problems relating to in-processing (see Appendix ID.

Comments in this area either were too vague or cryptic for the

topic area to be clearly determined or did not clearly fall into

one of the other in-processing areas.

write-in comments about topics other than in-processing

Other comments which did not relate to in-processing are

introduced here. Table 3 summarizes the main thematic areas and

the number of comments with respect to each.

Attitude toward the Army/motivation (see Appendix JI.

Expressions of attitude toward the Army and motivation ranged

from the very positive to the very negative. Often there were qualifiers attached to their sentiments with respect to what

their roles would be and where they would be sent.

Family problems/need for myue time (see Appendix X). The

comments in this topic area were primarily about concerns

relating to family members and significant others (e.g.,

fianc~es, girlfriends). Some comments also dealt with the need

for more time to settle affairs at home.

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Appendix L). This section includes comments about the IRR callup specifically as well as comments about being in the IRR in

general. One theme expressed here is that the IRR should be

called at a later point, after Active Reserves and National Guard

who chose to remain with the military and get paid for it and/or

after a draft of those who have not served.

Loss of income/lob-related (see Appendix M). Concerns

expressed in this area were primarily about loss of income and

the resulting inability to pay bills.

Interference with school (see Appendix N). Respondents

expressed their unhappiness with the interruption to their

education and the consequential delay in finishing school. Some

wanted to be allowed to finish the semester and/or to get tuition

reimbursement.

Other comments (see Appendix 0). The comments categorized

here are those that do not clearly fit in the above areas and

expressions of disbel.ef that this survey would make a

difference.

IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Conclusions

The majority of IRR call -ups had a negative attitude toward,

being called up. Their attitude toward being called up appeared to be related to how they felt about their active Army service.

Further dissatisfaction was related to the perception that the

Army really did not care about them, as illustrated by the way

they were treated at the in-proccssing stations.

Regardless of their attitudes towards the Army, there is a

sense that the IRR wanted to be utilized well. They did not want

to waste time and they wanted meaningful assignments that were

commensurate with the skills in which they were trained. The

requirements to spend time inefficiently, do tasks which are not

perceived as meaningful, and/or do jobs for which they have not

been trained are strong demotivators in and of themselves. They

were, perhaps, even stronger demotivators for IRR whose lives

were disrupted and who were pulled away from other activities

that they chose in preference to remaining in the Army.

The IRR tended to view themselves as experienced soldiers

who had, for the most part, completed successful tours in the

Army and then chose to build lives for themselves outside the

Army rather than remain in the Active Army or join Guard or

Reserve units. Some consequences of this view of themselves were

their feelings that: (1) they should not be looked down upon,

(2) they should not be treated like trainees, (3) they should not

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be called up unless the Army really needs them and intends to use

them appropriately, and (4) since those in the Guard and Reserve

units have chosen to remain in the military, they should be

called before the IRR.

Many IRR expressed concern about a lack of information and

answers to their questions. In fact, in the absence of

information about Army goals and intentions, the IRR appeared to

judge the events happening in the light of their own assumptions.

Thus, there was the potential for recertification to be assessed

as if it were intended to be training, training to be assessed as

if it was the only training that they would receive, medical

exams to be judged under the assumption that they were intended

to have been very thorough, the holding off of sending some IRR

on to the next location to be viewed as Army incompetence or lack

of caring as opposed to judicial use of resources for a very

rapidly changing combat situation, the call-up of the IRR to be

viewed as potentially interchangeable or serving the same purpose

with the call-up of Guard and lzeserve units, etc.

Recommendations

For future mobilizations, there is a need to recognize that

many IRR call-ups may not be happy about being called up and that

there are likely to be attitudinal and motivational problems which could potentially spreadi to other call-ups. The

demonstration that the Army rcally cares about the IRR could do

much to improve IRR attitudes, How they are treated, utilized,

and helped to deal with the disruption to their lives are all

ways in which the Army can indicate that it cares.

The current experience suggests the need for a more

efficient and organized system for in-processing large groups of

call-ups. Improvements include: (a) preparation of plans and

procedures to be used to handle the number of people who are

expected to report in; (b) organizing work stations and number of

personnel assigned to work at each to maximize the number of

people that can be in-processed per day; (c) better planning for

use of the call-up's time (for example, instead of having

everyr -ie wait on line for hours on end, put people into groups

and then call groups one at a time, while the other groups eat,

sleep, take care of personal affairs, do PT, train, etc.); (d)

ensuring that the personnel who handle the in-processing are

well-trained and caring; and (e) completing the in-processing for

*.dvlduals at the location they report to first, in order to

Snelarge mobilizations of the IRR require a significant

numbr ofexperienced leaders to help make things run smoothly,

provide information, answer questions, and help solve problems

that arise, and since NCQ IRR call-ups resent lack of recognition

of their status, NCO call-ups could be tasked to assist with the

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in-processing and training. For example, one scenario might be

to have the NCO call-ups report several days before the other

call-ups, go through in-processing themselves, and then be given

an orientation on their assigned roles in helping with the inprocessing and training.

There is a need to establish clear guidelines for the

* purpose or goal of recertification or training at in-process~ig

locations and then to communicate this clearly to the IRR callups. This would go a long way toward relieving the IRR who are

concerned about the training and the Army's lack of perception

about their training needs. For example, if the goal is

recertification and not in-depth training at the in-processing

center and the IRR understand this, they will be less critical

and more reassured. Similarly, they will be less likely to judge

the training as inadequate If they understand that the training

they receive at the in-processing center is just a first step and

that there will be more in-depth MOS training or situationrelevant training (e.g., desert warfare) as necessary at a later

point.

Also with respect to training, there is a need to take into

account whether the individual has experience in the assigned

1M0S. If a new MOS is assigned at call-up or the previously

assigned MOS is one in which the individual has no experience,

then the training should be adjusted accordingly.

IP.R soldiers can be expected to be deeply concerned about

the unexpected disruption caused by a call-up and to need time

and information to help settle their affairs at home. For

example, they will need information about services and support

groups that are available to help their spouses cope with the

increased burdens th.. y will have. They also will need

information that will help them cope with their financial

concerns as a result of the call-up (e.g., combat zone tax

* deferrals to postpone filing of federal tax returns; pay

exemptions from federal taxes; family separation allowances for

service members separated from their dependent families; eviction

protection for families of active duty service members;

legislation which puts a ceiling interest rate on consumer debts

such as home mortgages, car loanis, and credit cards; legislation

* relating to other benefits for reserves with respect to health

insurance, medical malpractice insurance, Individual Retirement

Account withdrawals, repayment of student loans).

* V. REFERENCES

Wisher, R. A., Sabol, 14. A., Sukenik, H., and Kern, R. P. (1991).

Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) call-up: Skill decy, (ARI

Research Report #1595). Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research

Institute for the Behavioral and Social sciences.

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APPENDICES

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Name SSN WO.U _ _1_ _I v _

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, your responses to this survey will be held In strict confidence. I' INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE SURVEY

PRINT the letter of your answer in the space at left.

ARMY BACKGROUND

1. Have you ever been in a reserve component other than IRR? A. Yes. B. No.

_._ 2. Have you ever trained at the National Training Center (NTC)? A. Yes. B. No.

_ 3. Have you ever trained at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC)? A. Yes. B. No.

_ 4. What Is the highest level of military schooling you have completed?

A. Basic Training B. AIT/OSUT C. PLDC D. BNCOC E. ANCOC

_ 5. How long have you been In the IRR?

A. less than 3 months C. 7 to 9 months E. 13 to 24 months

B. 3 to 6 months D. 10 to12 months F. more than 2 years

_ 6. Were you In the IRR io complete your

A. Active Army obligation 8. Reserve obligation C. National Guard obligation 0. other

7. While you were In IRR, how many days of Active Duty Training (ADT) in your primary MOS did you

have in the 12.months prior to the recall?

A. none B. 1-7 days C. 8-14 days D. 15-30 days E. 31-60 days F. over 60 days

8. Before this call-up, when was the last time you received ADT In your primary MOS?

A. less than 3 months ago C. 7 to 9 months E. 13 to 24 months

B. 3 to 6 months D. 10 to12 months F. more than 2 years ago

_._ 9. How did you feel about your Active Army service when you left it?

A. very positive B. positive C. neutral D. negative E. very negative F. does not apply

S10: How did you feel about your Guard/Reserve service?

A. very positive B. positive C. neutral D. negative E. very negative F. does not apply

MOS TASKS

11. In general, how much did you like your Army primary MOS job during your last duty?

A. I liked it a lot. C. I neither liked it nor disliked It. E. I disliked it a lot.

B. I liked It somewhat. D. I disliked it somewhat.

12. How much overlap is there between the tasks required by your primary MOS and those you

performed recently as a civilian (Job, hobbies, school, volunteer work)?

A. None, the set of tasks are totally different.

B. I did a few of my MOS tasks as a civilian.

C. I did about half of my MOS tasks as a civilian.

D. I did most of my MOS tasks as a civilian.

E. The tasks I did as a civilian Included nearly all of those In my MOS.

13. How often did you perform tasks in your recent civilian life (Job, hobbles, school, volunteer work)

that were similar to tasks in your primary MOS?

A. never B. monthly C. weekly D. daily

14. At the time you were called-up, how many of your primary MOS skills did you remember?

A. almost all, I felt that I was ready for active duty without any additional training.

B. most, I felt that I needed only a few days of refresher training.

C. some, I felt that I needed a couple of weeks of refresher training.

0. only a few, I felt that I needed nearly complete retraining.

(over)

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CALL-UP PROCESS AND IMPACT __15. How did you feel about being called-up when you first received your notice?

A. very positive B. positive C. neutral D. negative E. very negative

__16. How do you feel now about being called-up?

A. very positive B. positive C. neutral D. negative E. very, negative

__17. Did you experience any problems with in-processing? A. Yes B. No

(1f "Ys, describe these problems briefly in the comment space below.)

__18. Now that you have completed retraining, how technically prepared do you feel to do your Army job?

A. I am not ready. B. I am not sure. C. I am ready.

__19. How motivated are you to perform your Army duties?

A. not at all .B. somewhat C. moderately D. I am highly motivated.

__20. Overall, how confident are you that you would perform well as a soldier In a combat situation?

A. not at all B. somewhat C. moderately D. I am highly confident.

__21. Marital status: A. married B. single C. divorced D. widowed E. separated

__22. How many children were living with you at the time of call-up? A. none El. one C. two D. threo E. more than three

__23. How many people (including yourself) depend upon you for some financial support?

A. one (myself) B. two C. three or more 0. no one, I receive support.

__24. When you received your call-up notice were you attending: A. college B. trade or vocational school 0. other school/trainIng 0. 1 was not In school.

-_ 25. How important to you was the civilian schooling that you had to leave?

A, I was not In school S. very important C. somewhat Important 0. not Imporlant at all

-_ 26. How easy will It be to continue your schooling after you are released from active duty? A. does not apply B. easy C. somewhat difficult D. very difficult

-_ 27. How Important to you was the civilian lob that you had to leave?

A. I was not working B. very Important C. somewhat important D. not important at all

__ 28. How easy will It be to regain your lob after you are released from active duty? A. does not apply B. easy C. somewhat difficult 0. very difficult

__29. How will your per;onal monthy Income be changed as a result of your call-up? It will be

A. a lot more B. a little more C. the same D. a little less E. a lot less

-30. How will your family monthly Income be changed as a result of your call-up? It will be

A. a ioi mnorcs B a lIttlnomor C.tDsm. a little less E. a lot less

__31. How will It to be for your spouse and/or others at home to manage In your absence?

A. does not apply B. easy C. somewhat difficult D. very difficult

COMMENTS (Before each comment, Indicate the question number to which it refers.)

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APPENDIX B

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

DISORGANIZATION, LONG LINES, LACK OF INFORMATION

Long lines. Lots of waiting. Typical Army B.S.

Wasn't organized or run properly.

It just took entirely too long.

I have never seen such a blatant example of confusion and cluster

in the entire time I have been in the military.

Completely disorganized, lack of communication, not knowing what

was going on.

Everything was [expletive].

Inprocessing was very unorganized.

Long waits.

Inprocessing was slow.

Too slow, need bigger building.

Not organized.

Too many questions were left unanswered. Individuals with wives

and/or families should be offered more information to give to

them.

Things were very unorganized.

Long waits. Mass confusion.

Very unorganized.

Was not organized!!

The process of in-processing was very disorganized. There is

much room for improvement.

Extremely late hours with roughly 2 to 3 hours of sleep per

night. The whole ordeal was very chaotic.

Mass confusion.

The waiting, lack of organization, and lack of communication

about what was to happen.

B-1

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Inprocessing was chaos.

It took too much time.

It took way too long. It needs to be organized better.

It took too [expletive] long.

No one knew what was going on. Then when they thought they did

it was all [expletive].

Nobody knew what was going on. Very poorly planned.

It took way too long. The people processing us had [expletive].

Nobody knows what's going on one big cluster [expletive]. 16 hr.

days with no time off (just like basic) very stressful!i!

It took too long. I had to wait in long lines or just sit around

for 4 to 6 hrs. The inprocessing station was extremely

unorganized.

Too slow and non-productive.

It is a huge cluster [expletive].

The in-processing process was not coordinated right. Poor guidance.

I personally think that if everything was more organized things

would have been a lot better! Then again who really gives a

[expletive]l!

Too much waiting.

The personnel doing in-processing were not prepared for the

number of people called up. No one, including the higher chain

of command had any answers or seemed to know what was going on.

The entire process was a cluster and was very poorly handled.

The inprocessing stations.were inadequate and didn't seem to have

a clue about the operation that they were undertaking.

Total unorganization.

Long delays in processing.

Very [expletive] slow.

Waiting in long lines.

Long delays.

B-2
No one knew what was going to happen to us. People didn't know

what was going on.

1 felt like it was very chaotic and frustrating. Nobody was able

to tel. us anything. Vith such a massive call up, shouldn't

somebody have kaown what was going on (and told us)?

They didn't have it together.

Long lines, waste of time, and no one knew what was going on.

Too [expletive] slow and confusion.

We were scheduled for extensive hours of training, from 8 a.m. to

8 p.m. We used 2 hours of that time. This happened nearly every

day I trained. We were told "Transportation couldn't be

coordinated." Meanwhile we sit @ a range, having completed all

tasks, wasting the few days left in the states sitting in BDU's

and staring @ each other. Is this right?

The amount of waiting and wasted time.

Took too long.

Extremely disorganized and too slow.

The most disorganized and preposterous system. I was ashamed.

Inprocessing - In my opinion there is a severe lack of

organization and wasted time to inprocess the IRR soldier. In my

personal experience 90% of my time and the unit as a whole was

waiting with only 10% of the time taken for the actual processing

task.

Too much waiting for inprocessing stations, no time for religious

services. Lack of information of my mission.

It was too confused and messed up and no one knew what was going

on.

We were rushed through the inprocessing and therefore a lot of

things that we needed to get done weren't (i.e., mid-month pay,

proper wills).

Everything was unorganized.

It was a cluster

We went 2 1/2 days without sleep to in-process.

It was a [expletive]. Extremely long hours.

B-3
I reported to Ft. Polk, LA and stayed there for 3 days doing

nothing. Spent 5 days at 30th replacement at Ft. Benning - had 2

days of down time. No one knew what to do with my group - we

were cast aside many times because we had no one leading us in

inprocessing.

Not enough sleep, time off. Could inprocess much easier. No

leave before shipping overseas.

Too [expletive] slow and unorganized.

Long line waits. Cluster formations. Very unorganized.

Very unorganized. Chain of command didn't inform the soldiers of

anything. It was a complete cluster [expletive].

Too much in-processing; 3 stations.

Not very well organized as far as informing people about where

they were going or what they would be doing. Also little to no

help was provided for married personnel and hardship cases unless

they made a big stink about it.

No one (including myself) knew what was going on.

The inprocessing personnel did not know what to do with us

because they had not handled anything like this before.

Inprocess was extremely slow. What should have taken 2 8-hour

days took two 23-hour days and a 10-hour day.

Very disordered and long lines.

Slow and unorganized.

Every in-processing soldier had to wait entirely too long. This

was evident through every in-processing station.

Inprocessing took way too long.

The process was confusing and arduous.

Long, unnecessary waits.

Lack of information and higher level organization.

No one knew what was going on. No answers.

Lack of information.

Long hours of waiting or disorganized people.

B-4
Long lines, unorganized, missing information.

Long lines and confusion.

No one knew what was going on from hour to hour.

Disorganization.

Very slow.

Lorgq lines, not being told anything.

The Army has to tell their soldiers that's going on and quit

jerking then around, telling them one thing one day and another

the next.

Nothing was planned more -than superficially and on the spot. The

processors weren't ready to deal with us.

Long lines, lack of information on future arrangements.

Long waits, lack of information, lack of organization

No one knew exactly what was happening.

Lack of information.

Sitting [expletive) for 4 hours doin nothin. Typical hurry up

and wait Army [expletive]..

Too slow.

Long, long lines.

Long lines and waiting times. Higher ranks not knowing what's

going on.

Long waits.

The in-processing was a confused mess at all times.

Long waits and lines, lots of confusion.

the most unorganized cluster [expletive] I've ever been

associated with. This was a total waste of tax payers money.

My inprocessing was very wasteful as far as time and training.

The letter I received had little to no information on it

concerning what to bring, where I'm going for how long etc.

Every place I was at I was lied to about where I was going, how

B-5
training and in-processing was going to be done. I had to work

on my weekends and past 2000 on most nights just so we could get

done in a shorter amount of time when there were allotted day for

all of the in-processing. All of the appointments were always

changed and it appeared that whoever was in charge of this was

just playirg this by ear and making it up as he went.

Entirely disorganized. (Too many people).

Spent too much time and waited while other units passed.

Very unorganized.

Extreme waiting times.

No one knows what's going on.

Nobody knew anything, waiting was way too long for in-processing.

It was an indescribable cluster [expletive].

Very disorganized, was told too many things about some problem

things never were taken care of very unprofessional and wasteful

to tax payers.

Too much back log, no command and control, not knowing what is

happening.

Disorganized Reserved units. People not sure what to do to inprocess us.

17-' Disorganized. Lack of knowledge and information.

The whole process was totally unprofessional.

8 hrs. waiting to in-process and another several hours to

actually process. General Army ineptitude.

No organization.

Like usual in the Army, no one knew what was going on. Too many people reported in the same day, and the inprocessing people were

too busy to handle the situation.

Nobody could tell us anything.

Was not organized in the way we were inprocessed. Some days we

did no inprocessing, others we were up till 3:00 am.

If this aver happens again. I suggest you do something to

straighten this gaggle [expletive] out. I was here for 17 days.

B-6
And completed about 5 days of training. Because of Inprocessing.

It took so long to get all the paperwork filled out.

Too much wasted time.

The processing took entirely too long. It didn't take forever

when we did it in Basic Training. It was a lot of mismanagement.

A lot of waiting to do nothing.

Wasted a lot of time.

Took too long. Waited in 6 hr. lines.

Nobody knew what was going on, so over 250 civilians/soldiers

were standing around for hour$ at a time trying to get some type

of answer on what was going on. But nobody knew anything. I

think if the IRR had enough guts to call back that many people at

a time they should of least been able to [expletive) and being

able to get control of the situation a whole lot better than they

did.

There was too much waiting around. They didn't tell us anything.

They kept us in the dark about everything.

Inprocessing was not organized.

A lot of unnecessary waiting (standing, cold, etc.). Three or

four hours of sleep doesn't cut it.

Sitting and standing for a long period of time (2 to 4 hours).

Took too long. Inprocessing was too stressful. We stand and sat

for 2 hours or more. We got little sleep. (3 hrs.) They can

get it a little bit more convenient.

Disorganization and delays.

It was an unorganized mess. Too many people trying to process at

once. Too much waiting. A full day's processing resulted in

about 30 minutes worth of actually doing anything productive.

Inprocessing was long and tiresome. Most people weren't informed

properly, to include the cadre in charge.

The inprocessing process was too long while part of the blame

could be attributed to the number of people involved, the

majority of it has to be attributed to very poor organization.

Inefficiency.

Inprocessing three days with six hours sleep is moronic to say

the least. Give yourself the time you need.

B-7

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We waited around for hours to inprocess.

Need to devise a new system of inprocessing for IRR soldiers.

Everything we did took forever. We seemed to wait more than we

processed.

The Army had us going in all directions at the same time during

inprocessing.

It's [in-processing] pretty messed up. No one told us anything.

Took too much time. Did not sleep.

Too long there was no sense in it being that long.

Totally the same run around in circles.

The same old Army thing hurry up and wait!

Everything about inprocessing took entirely too long.

Too many inprocessing stations.

The usual Army problem of lack of coordination, hurry-up-andwait, etc., etc.

Too long - too many lengthy delays for stupid reasons.

Too much [expletive] formations and waiting around.

In-processing was incredibly disorganized and frustrating. Long

4.ork hrs and little sleep created high-stress sixuations.

Dissemination of information needs to be greatly improved.

I was motivated to serve up until the point I got to Ft. Benning.

Its hard to believe the people running things could be so

[expletive] ignorant.

Very unorganized chain of command, It seemed that they

deliberately withheld information from us.

No organization in the inprocessing stage. Too much time wasted.

A Long lines and late nites.

Vq, Waste of time.

I felt that this whole experience was a joke. We sat around of 34 days doing nothing. It's a crying shame that the gov't. had

to waste all this tax-payer's money over nothing.

B-8

S..4
Ncbody knew anything. It was big cluster [expletive).

Yes, there was absolutely no organization whatsoever. As a

result I missed a station which caught up to me at a poor time.

I realize a lot was new to the Drill Sergeants in charge but as

always in the Army, lack of communication is the biggest problem

and [expletive) so much up.

Very slow and unorganized. Sat and waited 6 long hours to get

teeth check.

In-processing was very unorganized, very long wait to see

dentist. Also made us sit for long periods at a time because

nobody was ready to inprocess us.

Too much time (15-20 hours) sitting around waiting.

Everything was [expletive). Not enough sleep.

Total [expletive] - No one knew what they were doing. I hate

this B.S. - I hate the Army - that's why I got out.

This has been so disorganized, so questionable from the

beginning. I've been here for 2 weeks and I still do not know my

fate.

They need to keep us more informed of our plans (orders).

Processing was the most unorganized waste of time I've ever

experience.

Extremely long work days 16-18 hours in length.

Totally [expletive] - too big of recall groups causing total

chaos and disorganization during every phase of inprocessing and

out processing.

Mixed up mess.

Took too long to inprocess. Waited for 4 hours between each 20

minute station.

Through the entire process the most common response was "I don't

know." It seemed to be the blanket answer. If anyone did know

what was going on it never made it to the battery. That only

served to instill a greater negative feeling.

Very inefficiently executed. Took entirely too long. Someone in

the military should know how to execute such easy tasks as

inprocessing with a bit of speed. Unfortunately it seems that no

one does. J B-9
During inprocessing the people in charge were very confused. We

did a lot of standing around for nothing.

Too much wasted time. Too many people at one time. Inprocessing

was not well planned.

Inprocessing wasn't very well organized. As usual a lot of hurry

up and wait. The days were long and not much sleep. The Army

should have spaced out the inprocessing. Too many people there

at the same time.

Inprocessing was extremely frustrating. We were often uselessly

uncomfortable. Example: sitting elbow to elbow in bleachers for

5 hours doing absolutely nothing. Lack of organization. Very poorly organized. A lot of senseless waiting for nothing.

The amount of time I had to sit around and wait.

It was nothing but hurry up and wait. Wasted 3 days on very few

tasks. Averaged 3 hrs. of sleep a night for practically no

reason.

Took longer than initial enlistment.

Completely unorganized for the first day we're here to now, every

aspect.

Never got my P.E. They said I would get it at my next duty

station.

The whole process was completely unorganized and the morale of

the soldiers is gone!

I was one of the first people here. Nothing was set to a

schedule. It was a cluster.

Nobody knew what the [expletive] was going on.

Unorganized.

Totally unorganized.

In-processing took too long and morale among people administering

the in-processing was low.

The active Reserve was ill trained in order to process in!!!

E'veryone (2,500) went thru stations in single file at same time.

I think that if the Army saw the need for us to show up on the

31st of Jan, it should have been prepared for us. This last 2

weeks were a total mess.

B-10
Inprocessing was round robin style and took 20 hours straight to

complete, 2 1/2 hours in I.D. card line alone.

First 36 hours nobody clept or ate.

Long nights.

There were too many people to inprocess and too little time to do

it in.

The entire experience of inprocessing was a nightmare. I had the

distinct feeling the entire reception staff had no more idea what

to do with us than we did.

Spent 12+ hours straight at inprocessing. Spent 48 hours without

5 sleep, 18 hours without food.

I have been here 3 weeks and still don't have an ID card.

The ID cards could have been dropped off at the company instead

of waiting 5 hours.

Everything here has been unorganized and overly time consuming.

Please try to give people more information. Do not leave the

other IRR call backs hanging without giving them some type of

reassurance of what my happen to them. It's hard to keep a good

outlook on your life being in limbo!

No one was interested in explaining in full benefits, insurance

coverage, or legal issues. We were pushed from station to

station and told our questions would be answered later. Often

the answers were not explained.

In-processing for me took 36 hours non-stop. I think the people

should be allowed to sleep (in beds) and get a balanced meal.

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APPEWDIX C

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

IM!PROPER TREATMENT

Treated like prisoners by personnel.

Cadre at Lee Field were rude and unprofessional.

D.I. were treating us like trash. Especially 4th platoon.

Bad attitudes from DI's.

Bad attitudes from the civilians and chain of command.

They treated us like Joe's and we deserved more than that.

Many times we were treated like basic trainees.

People were unskilled an basically clueless. Need refresher

training and people management seminar.

D.I.s had a negative attitude toward IRR troops.

Being treated like children. I believe the drills should lose

the hat and go to soft cap. They don't intimidate these

soldiers, we all know the deal.

Treated badly. We're not garbage.

Drill sgts. and other NCO's were overbearing.

We were treated as less than human. Soldiers should be treated

with a little more respect.

We were herded like cattle for no apparent reason!

The lack of concern for those or all of us who were taken out of

family situation.

The drill sergeants in charge were completely incompetent for

handling us. We were treated like basic trainees, made to stand

in formations for long periods of time for no reason, could not

organi~ze anything at all, and had no regard for us -as soldiers.

We weren't treated like soldiers, it was like basic.

People just wouldn't listen to your problem.

They treat us like we don't know anything.

c-1
Drill sergeants were very rude to us. Treated us like trainees.

Very little sleep.

Treated with little or no respect.

We were treated like trainees.

Drill sgts need to change their ways of treating us. we are not

OSET soldiers we are all veterans.

* We were treated like privates, not seasoned soldiers.

There wasn't any questions on here about religion. We have a lot

of religious people here that the people in charge think are

joking.

* Not treated like veterans - lack of insight.

We need to know what's going on in more detail. We are not basic

trainees and should not be treated like them.

Everything was so micromanaged, no one told us anything until the

last possible rninute..we were lied to, and we did not. have

sufficient time with our families.

What little motivation that these guys had was killed by lack of

organization and no time off. You cannot go from civilian life

to Army mindset in one day. You need some time off at night and

* weekends, at least one day per week.

Treated like Basic.

The Drill Sergeants didn't always treat us like "seasoned

soldiers." I know we're going to Saudi, we're not here to party.

But the Drill Sergeants were unreasonable. I didn't have a

curfew when I was a "seasoned soldier" at Ft. Riley. If I had

want to leave, I wouldn't be here.

Civilians had a bad attitude problem at reissue point.

The people that processed us had [expletive). The people that

ran the ranges didn't know [expletive]. We were treated like

[expletive]. We didn't have any time off to say good-bye to our

Disrupting a Persons life to train them for war is one thing, as

long as you remember it is people you are dealing with not

numbers or cattle. Many of our problems were neglected. My life

is important. Drills can all [expletive] for the way they

treated me while I was at Ft. Benning.

We were treated poorly at our training units.

C-2
We were treated like Basic Trainees.

Being treated like cattle.

We were treated like Basic Trainees!

Treated us bad.

We were treated like robots, arnd cattle being led to the

slaughter.

I was sometimes treated like a cherry.

I feel that the transition would have been a lot easier to adapt

to if the drill sergeants placed in charge of us were more

sympathetic to the situations of individual soldiers. And not

treat the masses as if they were trainees just into Basic.

Because that only provokes rebelliousness.

I have remained neutral to the situation but have noted that we

were not treated with the respect we deserved. The cadre treated

us with no respect or with little military bearing and as a

consequence the majority of the RT12's acted like we were being

treated without any respect for the cadre. Concerned: A Co.

2/54th.

Was not treated as a NCO (more like a private!)

Personal problems were completely over looked no matter how

serious.

They didn't treat us like soldiers.

Drill sergeants were unnecessary. Too much restrictions.

I hate people in charge.

Should have been handled by civilians.

I was told I would process in and stay state side. That wasn't

my first time I was lied to from the Army.

R~unning in combat boots on concrete because "well were late.

Caused stress fractures on my heels! Thanks!

I was called up and I am here. It doesn't help morale for drill

sgts and 1st sgts to be bitching about coming off leave when we

(recalls) had to drop everything and come back in. They could at

least not be [expletive). We are soldiers. Not basic trainees.

Drill Sgto treated us as trainees (Basic type)

C-3
Not all, but a few drill sgts were stuck in basic training mode

and it made matters worse.

Inprocessors were not sensitive to the feelings of the IRR's.

We were treated as privates - new recruits a good amount of time.

All that did was give negative attitudes.

When we were continually treated like basic trainees with no

respect - our morale decreased immensely. Also many of us could

not understand being locked in.

People treating us like trainees.

I am back here as another number being treated like dirt.

After serving 3 years and getting an honorable discharge, I did

not feel we were treated well by the cadre who were put in

charge. We were treated like basic trainees by reservists who

had no idea of what the regular Army was about.

They have incompetent Reservists working. They were also very

rude and obnoxious.

I'm 39 years old. I don't like being treated like a "snot nose

kid." Army people look at IRR like they're dirt.

NCO's not acting in accordance with rank, sloppy control, no

morale boosters for IRR troops, very negative attitude towards

"recall" soldiers. Most problems with permanent part NCO's,

reserve NCO's quite understanding.

The people didn't know what the [expletive) was going on and they

didn't [expletive).

At inprocessing they didn't know what was going on or what to do

with us and could not answer most questions asked of them. Then

they treat us like we never done any of this stuff before.

I felt as though I were being treated as an lET soldier while in

reception and my first week at trainup. I am an E-5 that was not

trusted with my own person. We were locked in and not allowed to

drink. We were trainees allowed to smoke!

We were treated lik-e animals, niot' the seasoned soldiers that we

are. The Reservists put in charge of us failed to realize that

our recalled NCO's c-.ýn make things happen. We were treated with

no respect, which resulted in less motivation and poorer

attitudes.

The Army has obvious problems relating to the call up of IRRs.

No thought seems to have been made in respect to our years of *1 C-4
service..did not consider that many were NCOs and should be

treated as such.

We were just #s pushed through processing and wasn't informed to

as what was happening. I felt like a mushroom!

They just rushed you through and did not give a [expletive] about

anything.

I was not advised properly on reviewing a hardship discharge. My chain of command failed me, and my case wasn't given the proper

consideration.

I was treated badly.

For the first week I didn't have time to sleep.

Being lied to was totally uncalled for. We're here for our

country not for some individuals' entertainment.

People were acting like we were basic trainees.

The living accommodations suck out loud. The food was extremely

nasty.

No respect.

Personnel.

No time to sleep, no time to eat, didn't like how they treated

US.

I would just to say that when we first came to our unit we got

treated like [expletive], just like we were in basic and there

was no need for it.

With all due respect, the training co. I was assigned to had no

military bearing or respect to the UCMJ. This co. is ate-up.

Intimidation by drill sgts, health hazard, barracks not even

fitted for trainees.

I do not like being treated as a basic trainee.

Stayed up Ior two nights.

Tact sergeants were unprofessional.

Should not be treated like an I.E.T. soldier. Deserve more

respect.

C-5

A __ ____ ___
When I first arrived at Ft. Lee Va inprocessing kept me awake for

3 days straight with no sleep.

We were treated poorly like trainees.

I inprocessed at Ft. Lee. I arrived at approx 1300 hours.

Didn't complete until 0100. Didn't get in bed until 0350.

Didn't eat!

I was mistreated, like a trainee, kept hungry without sleep for

36 hours. I will notify my congressman of my ordeal.

Personnel didn't bother to screen records, a lot of chapters and

over 40 soldiers.

I was not allowed Lo sleep at Ft. Lee when inprocessed for about

48 hrs.

Prior service personnel not respected as veterans.

We were restricted to our site with no shoppette, no TV.

We were restricted to post. They call us up and they can't even

pay for our meals.

During processing I gavc the incorrect address for one of my

children. After recognizing the situation, I was told "Too bad,

How sad for dad." I feel this was a very [expletive] poor

attitude for the persons at in-processing.

I missed several meals due to cadre foul ups. We are treated

like subhumans. The cadre have no sympathy for our personal

hardship due to this call up. Nor do they attempt to help. The

cadre know less about the active Army than we do. The disrespect

us terribly. They are unprofessional. The full list of

unnecessary indignities is much too long to list in this small a

space, but this whole situation is ludicrous.

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APPENDIX D

IRR QUESTIONNhAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

INAPPROPRIATE TRAINING /LACK OF PROFICIENCY IN NOS

Lack of MOS experience

Was changed to another MOS 3 days before I left and I'm very

confused.

I feel that since they did in fact call me back they could have

at least let me do what I was trained for, and not train me (or

try to retrain me) in events that I am already proficient.

While I'm ready to perform as an llBlp, I've been slotted to a

mechanized unit; I'm not as proficient in this as I would like to

be in case of combat. Why didn't the Army try to mate people

with jobs/positions they were most comfortable with?

Changing my classification to 11M and expecting me to conform in

2 days training is absurd. You need to keep IRR soldiers doing

the same job they did when they got out or you will have a

cluster to deal with, besides not making any sense.

11B were trained to be 11M4 over a period of two morning training

sessions.

I am not ready to be an 1114, but I am ready to be an 11B, my old

MOS. 1. spent 4 years training as an l1B. Parachutist,

infantryman, scout. Now I'm being asked to do something in which

I have no training. Even if the Army "trainol" me for a couple of

weeks, I will still be pissed off: I joined the military to

fight in combat without having to rely on a "tank" or put my life

in the hands of someone else who is operating it. You people are

going to bury us this way. We don't stand a chance. We are all

inexperienced as an 11M. We don't like it. We don't, however,

have a problem with doing what we were trained for. What we

volunteered for and what we are good at: 11B.

Tasks are going to take a while to learn. I was on a HUMV.

Have not utilized primary MO0S since AIT, duty position was

secondary MO0S.

only a few weeks were spent as 11M. My duty MOS was 11C. I

would have been able to do a better job as an 110.

I've been changed form 11B to 11M4; I don't know much nor do I

wish to about 1114.

D-1
I am not a 12B I have never received any training in this field.

I was the NBC NCO and the N.G. gave me the MOS to promote me. I

never worked it.

I worked in the operations office of my company. Therefore, I

did not work in my MOS the last 8 or 9 months of my enlistment

(active service) .

When I arrived at Ft. Jackson I tried to explain that for eleven

years that I was in the active Army I was a 43E Parachute Rigger

and never trained in my secondary MOS of 63B. The training that

I received at Ft. Leonard Wood was so insufficient that I would

be more of a hindrance than a help to the soldiers under me.

During my active duty commitment I never worked in my MOS. I was

a heavy equipment operator (comibat ready). I believe I would be

more of an asset on a Dozer than pounding pickets. Please get me

out of this MOS.

Never worked my

Out of the three years I was in the military I never worked in my

MOS. I am a 12B. My first two years I was in panama in a

construction company. I drove heavy equipment for two years. My

last 7 months I was at Ft. Campbell. They stuck me in battalion

maintenance as a driver for a Capt.

My primary MOS was 12B10 after getting to my first duty station

'assignment' I started working ousd my MOS as a 12b10. I work

as a 63B10 mechanic for the duration of my active duty

obligation. I work 30 months outside my primary MOS as a 12B10

and received a secondary MOS as a 63B. The only training I had

as a 12B was in basic. Counting the time as IRR and time working

in my secondary MOS its been over "141"1 months since I had any

training as a 12DB1.

When I arrived at my duty station after AIT I was placed in a

different MOS (76C) and completed my next 3 1/2 years in that

MOS. I never had experience in the MOS (63B) that I was called

back for.

iL~ Other trainincg/MOS related

The training we received was totally messed up. We received

classes that a basic training soldier receives, which were common

tasks that everyone already knew such as high crawl, low crawl,

M16, etc. If we're going to war in Bradleys train us in them and

don't waste time with other [expletive).

I feel less confident with the N=~ as a whole after my training.

My two weeks here in training was a waste of my time -and the

D-2
Army's, all the training I received was on tasks that I knew

already.

I did not need to be retrained! If you can read you can pass

your MOS test.

(re: # 18, answer C... I1 am ready] without the training. Training

served no purpose. As a NCO I feel that the training given to us

as RT-12 was a waste of valuable time. I believe that task:; such

as: call for fire, M4-8 alarm, map reading in desert environment,

and recognition of Iraq~i vehicles and uniforms would have served

a much higher purpose.

Training not helpful.

An SQT test should have been given upon arrival. Those who

passed should not have been subjected to this basic training

environment.

Training process was a worthless lokel!

The training was ridiculously unneeded - we are not trainees.

I feel the cadre treated us like recruits instead of soldiers.

The training we received was [expletive]. I don't believe any

l1B who just ETS'ed needed to learn how to low crawl again.

Poor retraining.

Retraining wasn't necessary.

Training was not oriented toward desert.

Under these circumstances Infantry soldiers should not be trained

on all these basic tasks. Everyone remembers them. They should

orient training solely on desert warfare. Not woodline

training!!!!!!

Remembered basic skills, didn't need the classes geared for OSUT.

You call that training. The training we did was just to fill

paperwork, where was the combat information. Example: I can

take a 25nun gun apart in my sleep, but when was the last time I

called for fire or performed mounted land navigation.

If presented with a combat situation the individual skills might

be present but the unit cohesiveness and team training could not

be achieved until 3 to 5 solid months of training.

The training was [expletive].

D-3
I think the refresher training is a waste of time. one day in a

regular unit and I could have learned what I forgot.

The training we received seem to be done to pass the time of day,

because no one had any clue as to what we were supposed to be

doing.

The training was a joke and waste olf 'Giiiue. We haven't been out

that long to forget the simple tasks that they taught us.

[re: #14] I didn't remember anything, And± I didn't plan on

remembering any of it.

Repeat of training

In general, the training was scheduled too long and was drawn

out.

Nothing was planned more than superficially and on the spot. The

processors weren't ready to deal with us. The training also

suffered in the same ways for the same reasons. (R)

The training and the in and out-processing were a joke. It was

the most unorganized cluster [expletive] I've ever been

associated with. This was a total waste of tax payers money. (R)

Individual IRR soldiers should have some input on the skills

selected for training. Each soldier knows what he needs to relearn. often the tasks were never even approached.

A lot of the training was simple and taught on a basic trainee

level. I don't think the training benefitted me at all. It was

all simple and a lot of the things I would never attempted in

combat.

Not enough training.

[re: training] Hated being lumped with N.G., trained by N.C. No

consideration of 'Ranger tab' 'Mech Ranger.' No consideration of

who I would be with in Sqd. Would like opportunities of

adv ./schools.

Did not need the retraining. The train was very basic.

There should be a lot less redundant trainincq! Another thing if

you're going to use Reserve Drill Sgts, at least use 1lB's.

With only two months out of the Army, I don't think I need any

retraining, this is insulting.

No one who was in charge knew what they were doing. I knew more

than the instructors knew. I don't like changing my MOS, because

D-4
I am good at what I do. To put me in something I don't know will

[expletive).

selection of crews was [expletive]. Personnel selected for key

positions are totally unqualified for them. Due to the nature of

4 unqualified crew selection, the amount of training given us was

totally inadequate, due in part to the timetable given us.

Limited training of unqualified crews, to be deployed in a combat

situation, is considered by me to be suicide. In no way could

personnel of this nature be beneficial to the Army and its combat

__ mission.

They say we are in a hurry yet they waste 2 weeks to train what

takes 3 days in the F~nd AEN Div. A total leg speed operation.

Incompetent and ate up.

The training was not geared toward our MOS.

I am ready to do my job but I have received n-o training here that

was of any value at all.

I feel. I was ready without MOS retraining and the training I

received in the call up was about 90% of the time on drinking or

drugs and driving.

Yes I have been out to NTC but it was as an OPFOR unit and not

fo r desert training.

Went to NTC as OPFOR.

Most of us could have received the small amount of training we

needed at a duty station that needed us. As it is we are in

limo.

I am an E-5 w/o PLDC or any line time as a squad leader or

assistant squad leader.

[ [re: #17, answer A) training. I am ready but I have not learned

I can not give the retraining credit for my combat readiness.

__ 9 [re: #18) I've been ready.

I did not have any real significant problems with in processing

except I do want to mention that at times some of the training

lacked because of "slack" disciplinary means.

Need a great deal more time in which to prepare to re-enter Army

on Active Duty, a minimum of 3 weeks.

D-5
The whole time I trained I received only 2 days of actual

worthwhile training.

The reserve drill sergeants we had were pretty cool (but could

work on cadence calling) and were being pushed and pulled between

dumb-[expletive]-E-4's with more than an attitude and the

ineptness of your operations and training people for the really

bad training schedules we had. I should know since I worked in

operations/training for 1 1/2 years.

[re: 4118] Haven't done any.

Do not think we did an type of important MO0S training. I don't

think we have been retrained here at FLW. Just put back in the

Army, and I hope the govt will have its act together the next

time, for the next group.

I feel the NCOs need to be refreshed at a different level of

training.

Drills didn' t know what to do since they weren't dealing with

trainees.

We trained for about 9 days from 4 or 5 in the morning till 9 or

10 at night. New we finished. Since we have a freeze on orders,

we have to do things of hardly no purpose till they find out what

to do with us.

I feel that the training was too lengthy, boring and mostly

remedial to many of us. I feel that if a recall is needed, the

recalled soldiers should be able to perform a job and not be in a

training status longer than necessary. The program should have

had training but not remedial training.

Training was redundant and simple.

The training at Ft. Lee, VA was a total waste.

1 feel I remembered all of my MOS training and that the

retraining was a waste of the taxpayers' money.

There is a serious lack of quality MOS training for the I.RR

career soldier which I am. I am prepared for tasks, but not for

squad and unit missions or higher levels of technical tasks.

Again more quality trainling for longer periods will be necessary.

Guard and Reserves in charge need more training to train IRR's.

Our training didn't apply to our MOS. Very discouraging.

The retraining did not consider that many were NCOs and should be

tretedas such and given more advanced training, not with IET's.

D-6
The training was insufficient, didn't relate to war. Instructors

were not prepared, and didn't [expletive]!!!

We were promised an interview at the SRP where our records would

be screened and a determination would be made on what training,

if any, we needed. This did not happen. I just got off active

duty (Sep '90) and did not need any of this training. Likewise,

I have not learned anything in this so-called "refresher"

training that I didn't already have a thorough understanding of.

I was technically and tactically prepared the minute I got here!

I hardly received my primary MOS training. In my MOS they

crosstrain you and expect you to be good in both!

The training was a complete joke and if we perform the same way

on the battlefield then we may lose!

The cadre were extremely inadequate and inept in their training.

Incompetent sums up their skill level and level of

professionalism towards us. We taught them how to do most of the

things they were supposed to be teaching us.

D-7

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APPENDIX E

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

INCORRECT OR MISSING RECORDS/FILES/ORDERS

Records misplaced.

Files lost.

They didn't have my original 201 file.

No original records.

My 201 file was lost.

They lost all my past military records (dental, medical).

Loss of important records i.e., medical and dental.

Original 201 not present. MOS listed not actual MOS.

Lost 201 file.

Some [expletive] lost my 201 file and orders.

Loss of original 201.

The orders I received were wrong, they had the wrong rank on

them.

Many records lost including my rank.

Wrong MOS on orders.

Wrong MOS on my call-up orders.

My MOS was wrong on my orders.

Orders - incorrect MOS.

I have not received orders, nor do I know the whereabouts of my

records.

Problems with lost records.

I had to report to Ft. Drum with only a seven day notice. I did

some in-processing there for 5 days and then sent here to Ft.

Benning. When I arrived here, they didn't have a lot of the

information from Ft. Drum so a lot of people w-th me, including

myself, had to reprocess items we did lust a few days before.

E-1

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Lost records.

Lost files and documents.

My original 201 file is not here!

They lost my 201 file. Also I am not lIB I am a 11H.

They lost my records numerous times.

Lost dental/medical records.

Medical records misplaced.

My medical and dental record did not arrive at Ft. Ord causing me

to get several shots I did not need.

They lost all my records twice at A 2/54 to include my 201 file

and medical records. I received 18 shots in 1 week.

They lost my shot record and I had to get those shots over!

Lost my 201/dental records.

201 has been lost and I still do not have it back.

No 201 file.

For a time personnel who were inprocessing us lost my original

201 file. I had enough paper work to make another but that was

* lost also.

My transition training was never recorded..

They didn't have my records.

* They kept losing stuff.

They lost my medical, dental, and 201 files and I was required to

make temporaries. Then they lost all my temporary records.

A number of my records were lost.

I brought my 201 file and med records from my reserve unit with

me and they were~ lost at the 43rd A.G.

Missing dental and medical records.

Missing records, lost paperwork, improperly filled out paperwork,

typing errors.

E-2
F. Lee lost my finance record. Was not on the J-tel system one

month after call-up.

Too many mistakes with records having to redo things.

Lost records.

Lost records, misplaced paperwork at Fort Lee.

Records were lost.

Lost records.

Lost my 201 file, dental and medical records.

Paperwork was lost at legal.

My medical records were lost twice.

I feel that records (i.e., medical, dental, and 201) could have

been better organized and kept track of instead of being

misplaced and not being recorded properly.

Not having records that they should have.

I was recalled under the wrong 1405 and the wrong rank and I still

have not got my rank right. The last guard unit I was in really

messed my paper work. In all my last guard unit -sce.

They lost all my records (201 file, medical records, dental

records, and my 'personal readiness folder' which was put

together during inprocessing.

Lost all records, had to get them all redone.

I.D. card misprinted

Lost records.

Lost records.

Medical records, dental records.

201 and some medical files of mine were not even here.

Some records were lost.

my 201 file was lost at Ft. Lee and my medical records were never

sent from the V.A. hospital in Shreveport, LA.

Swas called up as a 12B - but I am no 12B -I am 75B! I've

told everyone- to no avail.

E-3
APPENDIX F

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

FINANCE PROBLEMS

Finance.

Didn't receive all of my travel pay.

I refused SGLI coverage and was still charged '. - it.

Finance - Didn't receive right information on direct deposit.

No help from chain-of-command during processing here. As a

result I am looking at little or no pay, due to military

[expletive] at finance. I have been forced to put in for a

congressional inquiry for help. This should have been avoided,

if the military cares for family members of the 'recalled'

service men and women.

Inadequate finance briefing.

Pay problems.

Was not informed about the need for money to eat. (Finance)

Being paid per diem was ineffective.

My pay is messed up.

This is [expletive). I still haven't gotten paid. [expletive])!

I turned in my direct-deposit form in and still have not got

paid.

No money and allotments.

Pay is very important to many soldiers and every IRR solders pay

was messed up.

Financial problems.

Pay was/is a shambles.

Finance.

Finance didn't ask for checking account routing number.

They won't let you send money to anyone unless you are related to

them.

F-l
Did not ask for bank account routing #

I did not like having to pay for meals out. of my pocket while

waiting to get per diem.

No paycheck.

Have not received paycheck.

* Pay problem.

Pay got [expletive].

Pay was disorganized.

4P Finance from different post didn't have any idea what to pay us

or what we had been paid.

Difficulty with finance.

Pay voucher was all [expletive].

Still have not received pay.

Money.

Pay problems Icxpletive].

Not being paid.

Pay problems.

Finance.

Was paid casual pay and told it was per diem.

Finance, naturally [expletive] the pay.

The only problem was with finance.

Per diem, waited over a week for it.

Misinformed about pay options.

Finance - the information given was never correct, for even a

short period of time.

No money.

Pay.

Pay problems, classification problems.

F-2
During inprocessing I was told I could have my check sent home to

my family and haven't received anything (Not even an LES.) I

have 2 kids at home and are dependent on me.

I been on active duty now for 1 month 8 days and I still haven't

received a pay check.

I am not being paid correctly. I am receiving less than I

should.

I feel that pay was the biggest problem.

Finance [expletive]. I haven't received any pay from the Army

yet.

Finance problems - I felt like a guinea pig.

Finance problems - I felt like a ping-pong ball, back and forth.

Then oops no pay.

Have had a lot of trouble receiving my per diem each time I was 3 - 7 days late. Pay not correct either.

Pay was twisted in all the wrong directions. Pay has been coming in not as normal and not as much.

Did not get on the system for finance.

Money

[re: #30, answer C] If pay is ever corrected.

They were slow giving up money.

They didn't pay attention to anybody's problems such as pay.

Never paying us on time.

No organization in finance.

It's been a month and a half and I still haven't been paid and

that's [expletive)!

Major pay problems. At this point in time my pay is a total

mess. LES. has me owing $250. I received no base pay at all.

This does not impact my financial situation. However, it does

create many problems for lower grade individuals.

The pay system was and is a total joke! If the Army wants me to

work for them, then the least they could do is pay me so that I

can feed my family!

F-3 ,#I,
Finance is totally (expletive].

We had to pay for our own food for 7 days before we got per diem.

sure-pay information inconsistent and I still don't have direct

deposit. Not informed of separate rations status and did not

initially take enough pay to cover meals for month.

F-4
APPENDIX G

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

MEDICAL TREATMENT

Medical personnel were not concerned with the individuals medical

problems. A Very poor medical screening. Contacted Congressmen and 1G.

Medical screening inadequate.

Dental refused to acknowledge a problem I have.

I feel the Army doesn't care about anybody's physical condition

they just want a head count.

Didn't check my 'medical problems thoroughly enough.

My left shoulder was dislocated 2 weeks before returning to

active duty. C W officer just plain said tough you're staying.

If that is the professional advice from a medical officer in the

military, I hate to see what they say when the wounded start

flowing in from the war. "very unprofessional" My congressman

will hear of this unprofessional advice.

Through in-processing I never received my glasses. Difficult to

cope without them.

IIRR should not have urinal test until after 45 days!1!

I was never screened by a doctor prior to starting training.

I tried to explain my physical condition due to an accident but

was rushed through physical.

They didn't check out your medical problems.

Was not given a full screening.

The medical screening was a [expletive).

Medical processing unorganized. Mv test results from hospital

were lost along with six other med holdover. I found my own on

the doctors desk where they sat for two weeks!

Didn't receive dtental work needed cause I was told that I'm IRR

and probably wouldn't be on active duty long enough.

Important medical information was overlooked.

G-l
[re: #17, answer A] physical.

Could not get proper med exam.

Military doctors refuse to recognize injury diagnosed by civilian

M.D.

I feel that the (non-physical) I received informed the Army in no

way my condition for active duty.

Poor physical.

I was never given a physical when I was called back. I have

medical problems that were not taken serious.

Medical screening was not conducted properly and the medical

screeners were inconsiderate and treated injuries as "fake" and

"just a ploy to get out". They were totally unprofessional.

The medical examiners must have been coached to accept everyone

despite medical problems and background. The examiner didn't

even look at my records until I re~quested him to. Then he said

if I have any problems to go on sick call. Pass the buck!

The medical section screener was very rude and basically did not

care about your health.

Medical didn't give us a physical.

G-2
APPENDIX

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

PROBLEMS WITH GETTING TO THE IN-PROCESSING LOCATION

I received no travel warrant with my orders so I had to go

through the hassle of getting my own transportation to Ft.

Benning.

The main problem was that the inprocessing was not up to speed.

The way we went to 2 other Forts just to finally come to a CRC

unit to me not to make any kind of sense. Why would the Army

waste so much time and money sending us from one post to another?

Went to 3 bases in less than a month.

I was sent to the wrong post.

Being shipped from post to post.

Was first sent to Fort Jackson to inprocess. We stayed there for

about 4 days (we didn't do [expletive] and then they decided that

they couldn't inprocess us so they bussed us to Fort Leonard Wood

to inprocess.

No soldier should be shipped from post to post without finishing

processing at one post.

I was at 3 different Army posts and nothing was uniform as far as

inprocessing was concerned.

We got sent to the wrong post.

The inprocessing personnel really did not know how to handle the

IRR soldier. Most IRR soldiers were inprocessed 2-3 times for

the same things at different posts.

First we only received 5 or 6 days notice. Then when I got to

Fort Jackson we didn't do anything for 4 days. Then we had to

get on a bus to come down here to Missouri.

Duplicated the inprocessing process at every military post.

I had to do the same inprocessing 3 or 4 times.

Improper inprocessing causing repeated inprocessing all through

call up.

H-1
The same inprocessing procedures were repeated at least 3 times

over.

Filled out the same paperwork more than once.

Many personnel shipped two or three times before proper

destination achieved.

H-2

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APPENDIX I

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

OTHER PROBLEMS RELATING TO IN-PROCESSING

Well I had a hardship and I didn't get a chance to bring it up to

date.

[Expletive] all the way.

1<Just a bunch of [expletive] all over again.

New improved fresh garbage from our mindless politicians.

The ones who came to Ft. Benning that had good attitude were

brought down to a negative attitude because of the majority of

people who had the bad attitude.

[In-piocessing] stinks.

Wiong clothes sizes.

You should have processed us through the local MEPPS station. It

would have saved the Army a lot of money and saved people who

were recalled headaches.

I was very disappointed about the Army changing my MOS from light

Inf. to Mech. Inf. I volunteered to go back my old unit the 82nd

ABN Div., but I was ignored. All I have to say is that I used

to be able to say I was proud of my MOS and the unit I was with

but I am not now. I do not think it is very smart to take

someone from an MOS they like and force them into one they do

not.

I enjoyed jv MOS but was somewhat reclassified from light to

mech. INF, .nat I am very disappointed in but I realize my

opinion despite this survey means nothing. This is merely a hoax - but I will drive on. But you can't expect to take a light INF

soldier, show him a Bradley and boom! you're mechanized! In

short, I used to be proud of my job or MOS.

Too much B.S. I didn't need to spend two weeks with D.I.s.

Too much [expletive]. Not enough free tine. The fact that we

were called up and upset was not taken into consideration.

Bunch of [expletive].

[re: #17] Too much [expletive].

[re: #17) Working with Reserve drill sergeants.

1-i
[re: #17] Trying to take care of personal problems in the short

time allowed.

From Fort to Fort, things were done by their own way and not by

Army standards.

Lack of cooperation from soldiers called back.

Personal hardship.

Overall, the call back went very smoothly and I greatly

appreciated the soldiers who assisted in the process.

I understand that I1RR's haven't been called up since 1951 but I

think it could have been handled quite a bit better than it was.

1-2
APPENDIX J

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTSL

M. ATTITUDE TOWARD THE ARMY / MOTIVATION

Please use me if you really need me because I hated being a

soldier before but will work in important and vital need for me.

Please don't put me thru the B.S. like before or I will spend my

days trying to escape from reality and no use to anyone.

Send me to Saudi.

I hope that I get the opportunity to actually accomplish

something and use my MOS skills in a real combat environment.I

would not be pleased if I was called back out of college to shine

boots, mop floors, clean latrines, etc. I love home and school

and want to go back as soon as possible. But until that time, I

welcome the opportunity to serve my country to the best of my

ability and hope my efforts are appreciated.

Send me to Saudi now. I will not baby sit a post while I was

pulled back in because of war. I joined up so if any this

happened I would go .fight!

Hatred of archaic, feudalistic, Army rank system. I hate the

Army.

I want out for good!!!

I was very proud to be call back, until I had to do CTT training

for the whole time I was in. I wanted to go to Saudi. I would

have been proud. But now I'm not proud at all and have lost a

lot of money just to do CTT training.

I came back only because I was a medic and could do a lot for the

soldiers in the field. But all I did was sit around and sleep.

Now one month later they're sending me home. Thanks for wasting

everyone's time! and tax money.

I had a nice job at home that I got pulled away from. I hope

this crap never happens again. This is totally a rear-end job.

I got out of the Army after 4 years because I hated it. Now I'm

back against my will. I was just starting to get my life back

together. Then it was thrown into turmoil and disarray.

My E-4 was taken 8 days before I ETS'ed on a false charge of

assault. My motivation sucks.

[re: #16, answer A] Only because of the war.

J-1
I had been scheduled to re-up on Jan 29, 91.

They run this recall like a big joke. I'll go fight if I have

to, but I wish like [expletive) you'd find a peaceful solution.

I'm not jumping for joy being here, but someone has to do it.

And the RT 12's didn't forget much about their MOS.

I didn't want to be here - It caused mental stress and hardship.

At this very moment I do not know where I will be a week from now

nor what I will be doing. I did my time and got out I'm not

getting any younger and if you insist on blatantly wasting my

life at least try to tell me where I'll be wasting it and for how

long.

Let's get it on Daddy.

I got out of the Army on a hardship discharge 3 months ago, and

now I'm snatched away.

[Expletive).

So far I have supported every action Bush has taken. I still

rather have stayed in school.

The team work does not exist. We aren't ready for a combat zone.

The only way that motivation is going to happen is if we do what

we were called for, to go to Saudi and get our chance. Not to

pull [expletive) guard duty.

11M are fags. Whoever made me one is also gay.

I hate the Army!

This whole call up was a joke. I'm a dedicated soldier but I'm

not a rtplacement one. You can call me up but you better send me

where the action is. Otherwise I will be doing more harm than

good to the Army. I could continue writing for hours but not

enough paper.

The Army fails to handle personnel to prevent problems and make

the best. The Army puts off problems until they come to point of

[Re: # 1-31] Here's to the Army - [expletive)!

I guess it is nky obligation to serve my country and I will do it

to the best of my ability. However, I hope as soon as this

conflict is over, I would like to continue my life as I was.

J-2

4NU
[re # 16] Due to persecution if I didn't answer my call up

letter, I showed up. I am not real happy about leaving my life,

wife, and daughter behind again.

I left the Army because I couldn't related to military manners.

My wife and children are more important to me than Kuwait and the

rich people of the world.

Most of us got out because of poor treatment like deciding when,

where, and why. This may have ruined the rest of my life

provided I live to see it.

[re; #~ 20] Anybody would do well, since their life may depend on

it.

You people are a joke - a bunch of pompous [expletive]! 1991-

What a way to start the year off!

No blood for oil. Fight aids not Arabs.

I don't want to be here.

The Army sucks!

I look forward to ETSing again!

Lets [expletive] and go home.

I hated the Army when I got out, and even more now.

The only motivating factor in this whole ordeal is getting back

home alive.

I have no respect for anyone in the military and if I just want

to do anything I want, what are they gonna do, kick me out?

I did not enjoy my term of enlistment the large majority of Army

policies are stupid and unfair. However, under current wartime

conditions I realize the necess-ity of the call up, and support

the U.N. position on the Middle East situation.

If I liked I wouldn't have gotten out in the first place.

[re: #17] I didn't want to do it. [re:#18] Because I don't want

to be here. [re#19] motivation is not in my vocabulary. (re: #20]

Because I shouldn't be here, that's why I got out in the first

place. [re: comments) I hate this [expletive]. Send me the

[expletive] home.

I did not want to come here and after having a drill sergeant

with a 4th grade mentality babble for a few days, I wish I hadn't

shown up at all. Also, I now consider myself a conscientious
objector. I will be more of a burden than a benefit. I will not

perform in combat because I feel war is morally wrong.

I am (was) only a National Guard soldier, not ready for all of

* this. Inactive period made things worse.

I realize that we are at war but I would like to continue my life

without the Army interfering.

[Re: #18, answer C] but not willing. [re: 420] We are not

going to combat so I don't care about this.

[re #15] How would you think most people would feel. Probably

like [expletive).

There will be blood spilled for this on American soil. The

government made a grave mistake in recalling me. I will wait for

the day.

[Expletive] and die George Bush. The U.S. Army is out for runt.

I've lost faith in the leaders of our country. I got out because

I didn't like it. This is not national emergency. [Expletive].

Your active reserve [expletive].

[Expletive] the Army.

I, as well as just about everyone else here, believe that this

whole situation is very [expletive] and that there is no real

need for us here. This whole deal has really messed up

everyone's lives and this situation should be rectified.

we were never informed of anything. My family thought I was

going straight to Saudi. You lied about our pay and what would

happen to us. (re: #16] How come nothing is being done to people

who didn't show up? [re: #17] Benning is a prison. [re: #9] The

Army is for losers! [re: #18] The Army doesn't care about us

anyway. We're just numbers. Now we're dead. [expletive].

[re: #15 & #16] F. Hate it. I hate coming back to this

[expletive] Army.

The regular Army is the most disorientated and unprepared,

confused etc. The National Guard was always on top of things.I

hope the next guys coming through won't be as disappointed as I

am.

Most of us when we got here had pretty positive attitudes.

However when we were continually treated like basic trainees with

no respect - our morale decreased immensely. (R)

The fact that I did not reenlist should show how I feel about the

Army and its politics.

J-4
I was put out of the Army and got nothing as far as military aid

and I don't feel that it was right for the Army to call me for

help when they would not give me any. But I have to do what I

have to do. I plan on staying in the Army now and think I should

be accepted.

Due to my injury to my left ankle I feel physically impaired to

perform military duty and feel it will prohibit my civilian life

afterwards. How motivated would you feel?

I've had 3 suicide attempts and am trying to get help. Doctors

at inprocessing laughed. I am trying to not do it again.

Discharged for overweight and PT test failure. I feel I am not

fit or knowledgeable for service.

Although I have negative feelings about being activated, this

shouldn't be misinterpreted as having a bad attitude. I was a

full time college student and didn't expect this to happen. Now

that I'm here - I'll do the job!!!

I am in a highly motivated state because I am leading troops

again, but only in the MOS that I was trained to do. I am not a

63B but I am a 43E Parachute Rigger. I know this MOS I can help

troops be productive and lead something.

[re: #21] Was working on a decent life and marriage until this.

I want to do my job and then go home, never to be called up

again.

[re: #18, answer C) But never fully ready.

I enlisted into the Army and did my 3 years of enlistment and

left because I disliked it.

[re: #19, answer A) In the future if you call people up I

suggest you either use them or don't call them up at all.

I feel that being called up and sent to war is my obligation, but

being called up and having to put up with the Army [expletive) is

an invasion on my real life. motivation is out of the question.

What [expletive) is there to be motivated about. You take me out

of the real world and away from my family for what? To play

stupid [expletive], [expletive] military games. Why [expletive)

do you think people got out the first time. [re: #11) This is the

most stupid [expletive) question on your survey. If I liked my

[expletive) job in the Army I would have stayed, but as you can

see I didn't.

Long lines and incompetent personnel resulted in lost records,

financial problems and severe morale problems. (R)

J-5
IRR system was not very effective in in/out processing both Ft.

Lee and Ft. Leonard Wood. The hurry up and wait in long long

lines and the not knowing tended to cause bad attitudes. I'm

proud to serve my country but the IRR system was an unhappy

event.

I feel that a lot of the IRR soldiers are not serious and I would

be very scared to have to depend on them. I feel I am ready, but

I would feel a lot better with more serious and motivated

soldiers.

I enlisted to go to special forces and because of this activation

I lost my slot. I do not want to be a "leg" 12B. I want to stay

in and be an 18D "airborne."

I had a bar on my reenlistment when I got out. I had wanted to

change MOS's to EOD and stay in. I feel it I wasn't good enough

then, then why now.

I think me being recalled is [expletive]! Because I was

chaptered over my weight and I weighed 203 lbs then and weight

230 now but I'm good enough to stay in now!

if I wanted to be a soldier, I would have stayed a soldier.

I did not like the Army while I was in. Now I like it even less.

[Expletive].

I was discharged from active duty because I could not run or pass

a APFT run for 1 1/2. 1 could not do it. Then all of a sudden I

was discharged because of it. I don't think it's right. I

wasn't good enough for peace time but perfect for war.

I could not reenlist cause I have asthma and can't pass pt test

or perform strenuous task. P3 profile. Couldn't go to PLDC or

Board.

[re: #17) I'm not going directly to Saudi which is where I

thought I should go.

I don't want to be here and am not going to be motivated either.

I really want to stay in this time!

* Send me home.

Send my [expletive) home if you please.

Do not want to be here t all.

Moti~vation with myself ond fellow soldiers is very low due to the

treatment we have been receiving by the cadre in charge of us

J-6
after serving 3-4 years and being treated like BCT and AIT

soldiers and being told we would be treated like regular

soldiers. (R)

I do not appreciate you people snatching me up from my warm bed

and home for some [expletive]!

(Expletive]. Send me home.

I felt negative toward the Army because they put me out for being

2 lbs overweight and I had the best P.T. score in the company. I

didn't feel it was right.

I want to go home now where I can go to work. Please. Thank

you.

I was called up to go to the desert and do a job. I was stuck

stateside with 3 rotations of the NTC under my belt and got no

chance to use it. I was cheated out of my chance to serve my

country in what I was trained for, combat.

[Expletive). Send me home.

This was pretty stupid to call us up for a month or two and take

us away from home for nothing.

I enjoy service as a whole.

Don't ever call me again!

All this call up did was [expletive] 1ay life up for nothing. You

got me once but you're not getting me again. (Expletive].

[Expletive]!!

[re: #15, answer D] I had already served 10 years and was called

up under wrong MOS.

Lack of motivation due to lack of promotions and recog-nition of

education level and alternative MOS interest.

Alls I know is that I'm tired of being here, and tired of being

away from my family.

eIfet nervous when I racelved .... my notice for active duty. I put myself in the right frame of mind, and I was fully prepared

to serve my country any way possible. My problem is that I was

taken away from college and in return I learned nothing new and

was not put to productive use once while on active duty. I'm

glad to be going home and resume my life. Thank God for the

wonderful results pertaining to the war.

J-7
I feel that people that own and manage farms - such as cattle,

hog, cash crop or ranches - buffalo, cattle, sheep, etc. should

be deferred from any call up.

Everything I participated in the civilian life was important and

needed. With the recall being just as important, I presume, we

should not be sitting around wondering what we are going to do,

and once training is over we should be sent where needed, not

going from training Bn. to training Bn.

LExpletive]!I1 I don't believe in what I'm doing, and for who or

what!!! We the people have been lied to again by our government.

I just had a son 2 months ago and this don't motivate me at all.

I've been out for 13 months. I just really got my life started

again with my family. Now I feel like I go to start all over

again and it's hard to do.

J-8
APPENDIXK

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

FAMILY PROBLEMS /NEED FOR MORE TIME

on future call ups at least give more time to straighten out the

things at home, job, etc. My mortgage company folded a day

before reporting and car loans, insurance taxes all thrown on my

German wife that has not even been here a year.

Allow soldier to see their families before departure. We had

three days with no training that could have been utilized.

Paying bills, etc. will be no problem. The emotional factor of -' just being married and having to be split is what makes it

difficult for both of us.

A 4 year old can't take care of himself but Army don't care.

No answers about family! (re: inprocessing)

Didn't understand some of the things they said about soldiers

with families. (re: inprocessing)

Because I have a brother already on the front line in Saudi which

isn't doing my parents good since I have been called up now and I -' was the last one at home to carry on family line they are a

little concerned and worried.

The forced separation from 'my family with so little notice.

I have two children one 8 and the other 10. They are old enough

to understand, but the loss to each is great. When I was in the

service they knew why I was gone and knew that after I got out I

or could spend quality and quantity time with them. N~ow I am at a

loss to explain how all this can happen to them after I was out

F of the Army.

I just got married t'-o and a half weeks before I got the letter.

I and my wife are very depressed. And I feel because of this my

job performance will be hard to uphold. I would like to help my

buddies in combat, but I feel because of my mental state I would

do more harm than good.

Trying to get a Dummy lease to send to my mortgage loan officer,

because I was in the middle of buying a house when I got called

up. It took me almost 2 weeks to get one. While may bank officer

waited plus my wife and 2 kids.
Very upset concerned about family members whereas the Army said

it was too but never served our situations to decide-for duty or

not.

Consider family support for the soldier as well as his/her family

members. Inform them (and I feel as a soldier) we could

concentrate more at the task at hand!

I was going to get married in June.

My wife is pregnant and does not want to be alone when she has

the baby. I have two other children and someone will have to

help out with them.

Very little time was allowed to handle problems at home. My wife

still hasn't received DEERS paperwork.

I believe that if the Army is going to do this in the near future

that they plan ahead by giving the soldiers more time with their

families. It sucked!

Did not give us time to prepare to come back (bills, loans, and

family).

* We have a toddler and my wife thinks she's pregnant again.

3 days notice is not enough time to attend to matters before

leaving.

Not enough notice. What about storage of household goods, rent.

This recall has really messed my life up. Financially,

emotionally and it has caused problems for my family and loved

ones. All I can say is this will be my last war.

I have a fiancee in Germany who I was living with. We were

* buying an apartment. My absence and cut in income will make it

very hard on her. I've had trouble getting reimbursed for the

flight from Germany also. The trouble and run around reenforces

my negative feelings toward the Army.

Just got married this past November. Have lots of bills. Wife

works mnost of the day. I took care of bills and any other family

My fmilydepends on me a lot before and after I went to work I

helpoutthefarm to keep things going.

My ifeis womos. pregnant.

When questioning marital status, I never see questions pertaining

to grfinsand their financial dependence.

K- 2
I lcft the Army because institutions don't appeal to me, but I'm

back. A problem I'm having is that while you make provisions for - I wives, you make none for fiancees and girlfriends. You disrupted

my life! What if I can't get it back?

my wife and kids depend on me a lot and they are going to have a

hard time without me.

Myself and ray family were not prepared for such a drastic change.

I felt that the time given for self and family preparation was

inadequate.

I have three children. one 4 year old, one one year old and a 3

week old. My wife is alone and will have to take care of two

babies and a four year old. It will be hard because she does not

live near a post. I wish I could have gotten stateside

ass ignmnent.

My mother depends on me for her only source of emotional

security. My family includes a history of alcoholism and

beatings. A joint venture oi support enabled my mother and

myself to pull each other through the emotional dysfunctions

associated with the disease of alc'oholism. 'Twice the citizen'

could destroy the fragile fo-indation it took my mother and myself

years to build.

I am married and have a little girl 3 1/2 years old and my wife

5 is 3 mnonths pregnant. IMy wife depends on me a lot because all of

our relatives work.

My wife is a German national. She can not get an ID card until

she has SSN. 5 - 6 weeks remaining.

We were lied to and our families were lied to. This is a very

poor example of the family s'.ipport by those who called us.

Family is falling apart.

I was not married when I was called up but I had single custody

and it's very diff~cult on a five year old when he gets thrown

from house to house.

Was not told anything which caused stress on me and my family.

Not enough time to prepare personal affairs before I left.

I was planning on getting married before I was called up. Some

family members had a very difficult time with. the call-up.

I have a son in Saudi. My wife and my childre~n at home have

cried and worried themselves sick over all of this.

K-3
My wife is due in July.

My family is having a very hard time with my absence. My future

wife may be pregnant, and does not have the means to support

herself without my income from my civilian job. My mother is

having trouble since I am her only child.

Difficulty will increase with pressure from ex-husband on

children and their step-father if I remain on active-duty for a

much longer period.

I just had the baby (4 weeks ago) and brought him home. Now my

father had to quit his business in order to take care of my son

while I am gone. This puts a huge financial strain on both my

parents.

No time to take leave.

2 day notice was not enough time to get ready and leave.

K-4
APPENDIX L

_RR QUESTIONNATRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CALL-UP OF IRR AND/OR

BEING PART OF THE IRR

3 truly believe that the IRR soldiers have already served their

time honorably and should not be or have been called up except as

a ja_ case situation. There were many more active duty units as

well as Active Reserve and National Guard units that are doing

nothing to help this effort.

I believe IRR members with families should be stationed CONUS -

close to home•!!

P Calling the IRR [expletive] people lives up. Don't do it again.

The IRR in general sucks.

I don't think this call-up was necessary at all.

The Army has failed to perform to the standards that it has set

for itself. Did anyone ever think to consider some (most) people

had things to get taken care of and that 5 days is [expletive]

for time? Wake up and smell the coffee Uncle Sam you did a [expletive] job of calling people back and really shafted (again,

as Ltrongly usual) the troops who once played a significant role. I

feel you need to re-think this IRR stuff and re-mold

your plans. Many people are taking big losses to be here and you

greedy [expletive] won't reimburse any of us. [Expletive).

I will do my duty as < soldier because I have to, but this goes

for all us IRR soldiers - Don't extend our 12 month commitment or

you will have serious problems on your hands.

Most "recalls" have terrible attitudes and I'd rather be going to N war with people I know aren't strung out on all kinds of drugs. 17ý I want to come hack alive!

It is completely wrong to activate soldiers who have served their

country and moved on to something else, especially into a combat LInvironnient, while there are large numbers of active reservists

who h&vc b.cc.n co ntinually paid to train and serve this function.

This ,.s e,;pecially true now, because the present conflict in no

wy thrL:tens American national security. Were this country

actually threatened or attacked most of the IRR would probably

0"luntaer again, however, now this is wrong.

I'm very angry about this call up. I have done my time and if

they need bodies to fill beds they should draft them.

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Once I E.T.S., the second time, I'll be [expletive] if I will

answer another call up.

The recall is stupid. Activate the Guard and Reserve (Active).

That's what they're for.

Draft civilians and see how much support you have!

My recruiter distinctly told me there would be no obligation

after active duty. I

Having had to put my entire life on hold after giviaii, foux years

of active duty, I feel that policy should be changed so that an

individual is only committed to his active duty time. There are

thousands of people who will never give service in this conflict,

yet thousands of us are being "asked" to give more.

I felt that the Draft should have happened first. I served my

time in the Army. Let some sucker serve his upon receiving

Notice of Duty. Recall of -myself and fellow soldiers it has

caused mental stress, physical stress, and financial burdens to

my self and my family. I feel the U.S. Government overreacted in

recalling the IRR to defend the U.S. when its not under attack.

Now I will be older before I can use my college 3.6 average to

work for me.

I think this whole thing is a big mistake. No one knows what's

goinj on half of the tisne and motivation is very low. Let the

new zoldiers who volunteered at the time of war do their time

defend2ing the country. I have already done mine. Leave us alone

to get on with our lives. [circular peace symbol drawn here)

I did my time, I fought my war! I should have been left to live

my life.

No one wants to be here, half will not be ready for combat, due

to motivation or just don't know anything about their MOS. The

rest of us will probably die due to this. This IRR program needs

some serious help!!!

In my contract I signed that in case of a national emergency I

would come back to active duty. I do not feel that at this time

the nation was in such a situation to recall me from inactive

duty, especially since there are still National Guard and Active

Reserve units that should be better prepared for recall to active

duty. But I don't want a dishonorable discharge, or spend time

Cj Vnvoluntarily volunteered to the [expletive).

Call up the pukes that haven't served!

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IRR should be relieved of further commitment when this is over so

as to allow us to get on with our lives.

There are still Active Reserves to be called and National Guard.

I did my time. Call them first.

The Army is [expletive]. If I wanted to be here I would have

stayed. Why don't they let us go home. I have a life. Let the

people who have nothing better to do stay in. I did my time.

The government just [expletive] on us.

How will you feel if you did your active time and you're not in

the reserves to get call up to go to war to leave your family and

not know where you're going. I think your emotion would be

stirred up.

I got out of the service because I didn't like the control the

military had on me, and I received a letter telling me, I had to

come back to a system that is totally lacking in human

compassion.

I feel we were called up entirely too fast. Active reserve units

should have been exhausted before calling us back in. It's not

right!

I feel raped I feel disillusioned. I hate the way the Army

operates. I was finally happy living my life when I received the

dreaded letter. I was barred from reenlisting so I could not

have volunteered I have been drafted. Please don't lie to me or

yourself and call it anything else. Die Bush die.

The negative feelings stem from the realization that we have been

called back before much of the Active Reserve component. What is

their purpose?

I don't like getting called up before Active Reservists.

I feel that it's wrong to call up IRR's in school, since they

worked hard during their active duty time to get their college

money, Now, they don't have a chance to use it!!! The IRR should

only be used in Defense of the country, not for a war that

doesn't effect the continental U.S.

_ I will do my time, but this war was not big enough to call up the

massive amounts of troops that have been recalled. IJust want

to get [expletive] back out as soon as this war is over.

I feel that there is enough personnel to complete the mission

without calling up the IRR.

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I don't think we should have been called until the draft was

started. We were civilians, and We should have been treated like

any other civilian.

I don't feel we should have had our school and lives interrupted

unless we're going strait to the Gulf.

This is nothin but lies, nobody never knows what's going on. I

really feel there was no need to call back a bunch of guys that

wanted out of the Army in the first place. Then to destroy their

lives by calling them back, I believe none of these guys want to

be here. There are a lot, of bad attitudes here.

President Bush is too quick to use his resources, National Guard

and Army Reserve (Active) units should have been called up first.

He had definitely lost my vote.

I think the Army sucks big time. Being recalled was stupid

because we were only needed to clean Logan Heights.

This call up is an absolutely disgusting waste of time, money and

effort on my part.

This call up was a waste of time, money, and other resources.

I feel the need for the call up was not necessary! You (the

government) have [expletive] a lot of people and their families

up.

I feel the IRR people should of never been called up. The Army

[expletive] our lives. Now we have to go back and start all

over.

This was pretty stupid to call us up f~or a month or two and take

us away from home for nothing.

I feel that this program has been a total waste of taxpayers'

money.

I think you should have waited for a while longer before calling 'I up IRR and putting a strain on our lives.

The call up of IRR was not necessary and a waste of tax payers

money. For example, they don't even know if they'll need us.

[re: #16] 1 would understand it if we had thousands of troops

dying daily but this isn't the case.

(re: #6, no answer] I was out of Reserve for good (means no

unit).

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I received only 1 week notice before I had to report for duty.

Before that I had no reason to believe I'd be activated. This

was an unreasonable disruption under the circumstances of my

life.

Felt the call up was too hasty of a decision. Should have been

planned out better.

I believe that this was a waste of my time and taxpayers money.

We were not kept in our original MOS and were used as fill ins

because they didn't know what to do.

I think this callup j3 a bunch of [expletive]. I think that you

should have called up all the Guard and Reserve units before you

called up the people that just got out and didn't go in the Guard

* or Reserve. In conclusion, I think this [expletive] a whole

[expletive] bunch.

I don't think this "callup" should have been mandatory because it

[expletive] quite a few people's lives.

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APENDIX H

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

LOSS OF INCOME

My monthly income is now less than 1/2 of my civilian income.

Before this I was making enough to support my family. Now I'm

not.

I was making $15.00 an hour. I haven't been able to make my

* house payment fully even after the 6% drop.

Me and wife were working two jobs and she moved to OKLA and

there's no work.

[re: #29, monthly income) I will lose about $4000 cleared thanks

to the Army.

[re: #27, answer B) because I was making more [expletive) money.

Monthly income for E-1 is almost $600 less than I was making in

civilian job.

[re: #29) It is going to hurt me more than help me. [re: #30]

Well all of my bills aren't going to get paid on time.

Income will be about the same but I won't be able to give it all

to my family cause I will need some to live on.

It will be difficult because it's like I'll be. spending money in

two places instead of just at home.

I will be lucky if I'm not in debt after all this.

I'm making a lot less than I thought I would be making.

As far as income I'm losing $3,000 a month.

Income will be very difficult to get back on top of with the

L bills that have accumulated of the past months!

Being called up hurt a lot of the soldiers income. Most of us

that have a wife and kids are hurting because of this. I think

the Army should pay for our losses.

I am loosing more than $1,000 a month due to this [expletive)

recall and I feel the gov't should compensate the difference.

Taxes, bills, problems with my rental property that I always took

care of are costing me more.

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I was earning between $900 - $1000 a week as a nuclear mechanic.

Now as a E-4 I rake about 1/3 of that. The hardship on my family

has been extreme.

in my civilian job I make $14.71 an hour and can work all the

overtime I want. Me, my family, and my bill collectors have

become accustomed to my rate of income. It will take me at least

6 months to recover from my loss of pay.

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APPENDIX N

IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

INTERFERENCE WITH SCHOOL

Tuition cost alone wiU. rise $2000.00 in next twelve months. As

.of recall date there were no provisions for compensation of any

type. To pick up at the point of recall will make education

extremely difficult.

Many college classes build on the class before. Since being

called up we'll have to start the year over again. The Army

should seriously look into special extended funds to take classes

over. Please, do something for us - we feel like we're getting

[expletive] so bad!!

The only month I can continue my civilian schooling will be Jan.

My job directly related to my schooling.

I received my orders 5 weeks into the winter quarter, with only 4

weeks left to complete it. This resulted in the loss of a whole

quarter credits. Thus causing myself a mass quantity of

inconvenience. Also a lot of hard work down the tubes. Thank

you!

I have a G.P.A of 3.6 and I'm on the math team. This entire

episode has been a [expletive] joke!

Will cause a 4 year delay [college] if I stay in a full year.

Things would've been more positive if I could've finished my

school semester out.

r ~[re: *1l73 Getting out of a good school.

I think it's terrible to pull someone out of school who's trying

to be something in life and then call them back to something like

this!

- I feel calling a student out of med school should be a crime.

The amount of good that was lost by this call up can not be

repl aced.

I was a biology major in my school and pre-med.

I was playing football in college and it is a state requirement

to have 24 units to play 2nd year football (fall). Since I was

called back I can't reach that rec~fuirement. Need a (Pardon).

Can't express how important it was to me to be in school.

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Hadn't gone to school yet, but would have been there right now!

[re: t24] I was just about to start.

The V.A. felt my excuae of being called up to active duty was not

a good enough reason to drop out of school. So now I have weeks

or months of unnecessary headaches to deal with to get my file

fixed. - Thank you very much.

Because of my "call up" it's going to set my training for Police

Academy back about 18 months.

2 days from starting college.

Was enrolling iii UMR.

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IRR QUESTIONNAIRE WRITE-IN COMMENTS:

N. OTHER COMMENTS

Question this Survey

This is a stupid survey "no joke"

Please do not ask the IRR soldiers to complete an "attitude"

survey. It is demeaning and trite. If you have to have answers

to justify your salaries, just imagine yourself in our situation.

What will all these answers to your questions accomplish?

It don't matter. Ain't nobody' going to read this, or I wouldn't

have done 2 already.

What is this survey for and does it really matter?

I would personally like to know what this survey here will

accomplish. It has been obvious since I have arrived here that

nobody here really [expletive] what is happening here. If you

want honest opinions, be honest with us. We are not pawns in

your personal game of chess. I'm having extreme difficulty

justifying all this and I don't really believe in much anymore. j Other

[re: # 26-28, continuing school/job] If I'm alive.

We shouldn't have been placed with OSIT soldiers.

Hooooooo - Ahhhh!

The American gov't should not depend on the American people for

support of their country. Most are ignorant of the situation and

only care for themselves. With this attitude America will fall

as the once mighty Roman Empire. F [re: #21, answer C] The bitch I hate her.

[re: #18 how technically prepared) I don't have the slightest

idea what we're going to do.

Since I left active duty only a short time ago I didn't think the

"entire" inprocessing should have taken place.

I have no GI Bill, they messed up my teeth, and won't see my wife

at dental.

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[re: #13.9 If I go to Saudi, I'm not a garrison soldier.

[re: #17) I was the problem.

[re: #5] I was not in the IRR, I was in a reserve unit and was'

attending drills.

[re: #17] Weight requirement changed drastically (i.e., 40 pounds

within 6 months time.

[Expletive]

It sucks.

Not finished.

I feel the process after being called is very messed up, there

was no compassion for disabled soldiers or family members, we

were not very up to date with ac~tivities.

Being called up (drafted) puts a serious damper on ray life and

the decisions that follow when I'm finally free!

National Guard should report soldier to IRR under real MO0S not

paperwork slot MOS.

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