Can you get promoted in the IRR USMC?

You can go on paid active duty tours. Depending on the section of the IRR that you are in, you even do drill (such as the Individual Augmentee – IA program). You get 15 free points a year for membership. If you earn at least 27 points a year, you can be eligible for promotion.

What is IRR USMC?

What is the IRR? The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) is a category of the Ready Reserve of the Reserve Component of the Armed Forces of the United States composed of former active duty or reserve military personnel, and is authorized under 10 U.S.Code Section 1005.

What happens if you don’t go to IRR muster?

If an IRR member does report—even if only to apply for a waiver from activation—they can again be punished under the UCMJ for being absent without leave and unauthorized absence (AWOL/UA), missing movement, conduct unbecoming, etc. if they later decide to resist.

Does the IRR get deployed?

But during severe personnel shortages, the IRR is tapped, too. During the peak years of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about 30,000 soldiers and Marines from the IRR were mobilized for deployments. The Navy and Air Force maintain IRRs but have not mobilized large numbers.

Who are the IRR members in the Marine Corps?

The majority of Marines in the IRR are former active component Marines who have not completed their Military Service Obligation (MSO), yet have completed their initial contractual period of active duty. Typically, these Marines are in the enlisted grades of Lance Corporal to Corporal and officer grades of First Lieutenant to Captain.

Where is the Marine Corps individual Reserve Support Activity?

The Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity (MCIRSA),is a special staff section of Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) (based in New Orleans, LA) that has staff cognizance for the management and administration of IRR Marines.

Is there a mobilization command in the Marine Corps?

Marine Corps Mobilization Command is the general and most important branch operated by the United States Marine Corps Reserves. The installation is relatively new in the armed military. It showed up in 2004, after the Reserve Support Command was fully restructured and got a brand new face.

What is the secondary mission of the IRR?

The secondary mission is to provide: Command and general administrative support to IRR Marines. Limited training opportunities for IRR Marines. Limited family readiness support for recalled (voluntary and involuntary) IRR Marines. Limited General administrative support to Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Marines.