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August 26, 2002
Guard Says Active Duty Could Last 2 Years
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The Pentagon says it will keep National Guard and reserve troops on active duty for as long as two years.
It's the first time the military has keep Guard members on duty for so long since the Vietnam War, according to USA Today.
More than 76,000 reserve and Guard troops are on active duty in the war on terrorism.
The notice of a potential two-year call-up has gone out to about 15,000 reservists, the vast majority of whom are in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, USA Today reports. Also likely to be kept on duty beyond 12 months are several hundred Army reservists.
The vast majority of reservists and guardsmen are part-time soldiers who hold full-time jobs and typically train one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer.
"This is stressful for families and for employers," says David Segal, a military sociologist at the University of Maryland. "Any time you change the rules it's hard."
It's unclear how U.S. employers will react, according to USA Today. Last fall, dozens of companies offered to augment the salaries of those called to duty, many of whom lost income because their civilian jobs paid more than the military.
Among the troops whose tours will be extended are military police, pilots, intelligence officers and mechanics.
The largest group who could serve a second year are 5,700 Air Force Reserve and Air Guard security forces assigned to protect military bases.
"What has happened is that since America was attacked and we have the increased threat of terrorism, we have increased our presence not just at our bases in the United States but at our bases overseas," says Col. Tony West, the Air Guard's chief of security forces.
West says the Air Guard is aware of the stress that the call-ups create for families and for employers. He says the Air Guard has tried to fill as many positions as possible with volunteers.
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