Marines to order 870 IRR members to duty downrange in the fall

Marines to order 870 IRR members to duty downrange in the fall
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, January 19, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps will send orders next week to about 870 members of the Individual Ready Reserve to go downrange in the fall, officials said.

Marines in the IRR have left active duty but still have time on their service obligation. Unlike other reserve component troops, they are not attached to units and do not drill.

The majority of the Marines are expected to go to Iraq, while the rest will go elsewhere in the U.S. Central Command theater of operations, officials said.

Of the Marines expected to receive orders to deploy, about 300 are ground Marines, about 100 are in motor transportation, 75 are military police, and the rest come from about 60 other Military Occupational Specialties, said Col. Steve Driggers, of a Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Only eight of the Marines are officers, while the rest are at the rank of sergeant or below, Driggers said.


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women, but can you hear the sound of scraping with this kind of call up?Hey college repukes, how about a trip to the recruiter's office today, hmmm?