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Understanding the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)

• Navy Personnel Command (PERS-93)
• Millington, TN

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Table of Contents

• Military Service Obligation (MSO)
• Navy Reserve Composition
• Individual Ready Reserve Responsibilities
• Navy Knowledge Online (NKO)
• IRR Participation
• IRR Benefits
• Active Duty for Training (ADT)
• Mobilization
• SELRES Opportunities

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Navy Personnel Command (PERS-93)

• PERS-93 - IRR Force Management, Mobilizations,
  and Muster Division
• Manages the IRR
• Primary point of contact for IRR Sailors
• [phone] (Call Center)

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Military Service Obligation (MSO)

• Your MSO is EIGHT years
• Based upon your Pay Entry Base Date (PEBD)
• Applies to every service member
• Mandated by Federal law (Title 10, US Code)
• Upon separation from Active Duty, your remaining
  MSO is served in the Ready Reserve
• Officers must resign reserve commission AFTER
  completing their MSO to be separated from IRR
• Enlisted personnel in good standing may reenlist
  or extend to remain in IRR
• Your MSO date is listed in Block 6 on your DD 214
  or initial service contract

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Sample DD Form 214
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Navy Reserve Composition
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Individual Ready Reserve

• No drills, but participation IS required
• All members may be eligible for
• ADT
• Active Duty for Special Work (ADSW)
• Funeral Honors Duty (FHD)
• Mobilization or Recall to Active Duty
• Retirement points
• Officers are automatically considered for
  promotion
• Enlisted personnel are not eligible for promotion
• Eligible for involuntary recall to active duty
  (Title 10 US Code)

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IRR Responsibilities

• Must meet certain obligations required by Federal
  law and Naval Regulations
• Respond to all official correspondence
• Update recall information annually or as required
  (via the BUPERS Online IRR Virtual Screening)
• Meet participation requirements
• Maintain uniforms in serviceable condition
• Muster, when ordered

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Updates Required Annually

• Residence/Mailing Address/Phone/E-Mail
• Marital/Dependency Status
• Changes in Education/Licenses/Skills
• Changes in physical condition which could affect
  readiness
• Civilian Employer Information (CEI)

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Qualifying Year

• 50 pts 1 qualifying year towards retirement
• (15 free points 35 earned points 50 points)
• Every member in the IRR automatically receives 15
  points per anniversary year
• Remaining 35 points must be earned
• Various ways to earn points are
• SELRES/VTU drills (4 pts per weekend)
• Correspondence Courses (pts per course vary)
• AT/ADT/ADSW (1 pt per day)

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IRR Participation- Enlisted

• Members with less than 20 qualifying years of
  service
• No minimum participation is required
• Not earning qualifying years towards retirement
  MAY make you ineligible for reenlistment or
  extension
• Members with 20 or more qualifying years of
  service
• MUST earn a qualifying year every anniversary
  year (15 membership points 35 earned points
  50 points)

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Common Reasons for IRR Reenlistment or Extension
Disapproval

• Last two years of service are not qualifying
  years toward retirement
• Member earned less than 50 points
• Members age disqualifies them from
  mobilization-ready status and not within 2 years
  from being retirement eligible (in sanctuary)
• Member did not participate in mandatory virtual
  screening or physical musters

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IRR Participation- Officers

• Members with less than 20 qualifying years of
  service
• 27 points required per anniversary year
• Includes 15 membership points
• Note 27 points will not earn a qualifying year
  for retirement.
• Non-participation may result in administrative
  action (PERS-91)
• Members with 20 or more qualifying years of
  service
• MUST earn a qualifying year every anniversary
  year (15 membership points 35 earned points
  50 points)

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IRR Benefits

• Identification Cards - Department of Defense
  Guard and Reserve Members and their dependents.
• Military Exchange and Commissary - Unlimited use
  with valid Identification card.

• MWR - Unlimited access to Category C facilities
  (clubs, marinas, golf courses, etc.).

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Post 9/11 GI Bill

• Post 9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act of
  2008
• No cost to Sailors - does not require buy-in
• Educational Assistance
• Entitled to 36 months
• Tuition - an amount which does not exceed the
  maximum amount of established charges regularly
  charged in-state students for full-time pursuit
  of approved undergraduate education in the state
  in which the individual is enrolled
• Monthly Housing Allowance
• Stipend for Books and Supplies
• Entitlements take effect on 1 August 2009
• Authority to transfer unused education benefits
  to dependents
• Website http//www.gibill.va.gov

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Funeral Honors Duty (FHD)

• Volunteer opportunities via local Navy
  Operational Support Center
• May receive FHD Allowance (minimum of 50)
• Point credit (1 pt per assignment)
• Travel costs gt 50 miles from place of residence
• Managed by Regional CAC/FHD Coordinator

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Active Duty for Training

• Primary Purpose of ADT
• Train in your Career Field
• Maintain Readiness/Mobilization Skills
• Secondary Purpose of ADT
• Support the Fleet
• Earn Money/Retirement Points

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Applying for ADT

• Eligibility
• Mobilization potential (rating/skills)
• Bona Fide Training Opportunity
• Requests/Information
• Phone call [phone]
• FAX request to [phone]
• Website https//wwwa.nko.navy.mil/

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IRR Mobilization Policy

• In accordance with Title 10 US Code, all members
  of the IRR are eligible for involuntary recall to
  Active Duty.
• Navy has NOT exercised this authority.
• Mobilization from the IRR is currently on a
  voluntary basis, but subject to change.

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Voluntary Mobilization

• Volunteer opportunities exist for qualified IRR
  Sailors in support of the GWOT and Operation
  Iraqi Freedom. Some examples include
• Enlisted- NAVELSF Customs Inspector Mission,
  Kuwait
• Officers- Joint billets within CENTCOM AOR
• Call PERS-93 to volunteer or visit NKO for
  updated information!
• [phone]

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Mobilization Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Healthcare for you and your dependents
• Retirement Points
• Housing and food allowances
• MGIB benefits/time extension
• Enlisted Advancement Opportunity
• Tax-Free pay (combat zone)

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Involuntary Mobilization

• Must be ready to mobilize within 30 days of alert
  notification
• Delay, Deferment Exemption Requests
• Reviewed by DDE Board (Pers 91)
• Family, Civilian Career, Financial Hardships or
  VA disability are not automatic exemptions
• Case-by-case basis, same standard as Active Duty
  deployment

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Involuntary Mobilization

• It is your obligation to maintain mobilization
  readiness
• AND
• Notify PERS-93 of any changes in physical or
  medical condition which could affect your
  readiness

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Navy Reserve Information

• (PERS-93) IRR Force Management, Mobilizations,
  and Musters Branch
• https//wwwa.nko.navy.mil or
• [phone] to update your recall or status
• https//www.npc.navy.mil/CareerInfo/ReservePersonn
  elManagement/IRR/
• BUPERSINST 1001.39 series
• https//www.npc.navy.mil/ReferenceLibrary/Instruct
  ions/BUPERSInstructions/