Does anyone know about the stop-loss clause in the contract all people that enlist have to sign?

Question

Does anyone know about the stop-loss clause in the contract all people that enlist have to sign?

Answer 1

The basis for stop-loss is found in 2 paragraphs on DD Form 4/1, Enlistment/Reenlistment Document Armed Forces of the United States. This is the contract every enlistee signs.

Paragraph 9c states: In the event of war, my enlistment in the Armed Forces continues until six (6) months after the war ends, unless my enlistment is ended sooner by the President of the United States.

Paragraph 10a states: If this is my initial enlistment, I must serve a total of eight (8) years. Any part of that service not served on active duty must be served in a Reserve Component, unless I am sooner discharged.

How stop-loss was/will be implemented (duration & who it will affect) is determined by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each branch, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Once a stop-loss policy is created, it's distributed to each branch via formal message (e.g. the MARADMIN RekonDog mentions) as a directive to supplement the original enlistment contract.

Answer 2

After your 4 years there are two inactive. There it is.

plus whatever you have left while in theatre.

tricky

I don't know....  

Answer 3

I didn't sign no stop-loss clause.  The stop-loss that effected my discharge (which was the reason I was in for 10 years vice the 5 I signed up for), was on the MARADMIN.  I have recently came back from a 2 and a half-year deployment [Cobra Gold and then Enduring Freedom] and was just about to enjoy the home back in the states; then the stop-loss was issued about 6 months before I was going to get discharged; therefore I was sent to Iraq.  Since I was there for a year and a half, I decided that i would re-up for a 4-years enlistment.  I am discharged now (since June 2008), but I am still have to make my committment within the IRR, the Individual Ready Reserve-which means that I have 4 years for the Marine Corps to call me back up if they are needing bodies.