Army Screening Inactive Reservists for Duty
From Times Wire Reports
The Army has begun screening about 17,000 inactive reservists to determine who would be available to be called to active duty if needed, a spokesman said.
The soldiers are members of the Individual Ready Reserve -- reservists who are not formally attached to any specific unit.
No Individual Ready Reserve soldiers have been called up involuntarily so far, said Lt. Col. Burt Masters, a spokesman for the Army’s Human Resources Command in St. Louis. But some could be called up after the screening is finished, he said.
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