Individual Ready Reserve

The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) is a force of former United States military personnel who have completed active duty and do not receive regular pay or training, but may, under exceptional circumstances, be recalled to active duty. As of 2004, the IRR includes approximately 118,000 soldiers.

On 29 July, 2004, 5,600 members of the IRR, mainly with specialties as military police or civil affairs officers, were called back to active duty to support U.S. forces in Iraq. This activation was the first time that the IRR had been called upon since the 1991 Gulf War, when approximately 20,000 IRR troops were called up in support of Operation Desert Storm.

Normal Contracts with the Government are signed with the obligation of 4 years on active duty and 4 years of inactive duty.

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