Keddrick Corday Thompson Requests IRR Memorandum Draft -- Part 6

Originally posted by Keddrick Corday Thompson:
I'm 34. I'm with [redacted] under [redacted] and [redacted] 
I can go either. Don't matter
They would rather that than a disgruntled soldier [bolded by author]
I can have my employer and many coworkers write statements as needed
Same for my NCOIC and other soldiers
essential employee and critical parent. His mom is up here by herself. Same as me. My nearest family is in SC so that part is not true.
It would be just her and my son with all the burden and movement and appointments and transportation and monies which will burden her situation and break my family down
Not having that period 

The active-duty side of the military has dealt with individuals in this situation. Family Readiness Group (FRG) is one of their solutions. Once you guys go on active duty, FRG becomes a serious activity. So, even if you don't have family nearby, your fellow Soldiers' families may be in a position to help. They could also assist your family.

Is your family near a military base? Major military bases have family resources that your family would be able to leverage. You and your family will get this information prior to your unit deploying.

This common fact would work against you. When they look at your packet, Big Army would not transfer you from TPU to the IRR or to the Standby Reserve.  However, with the Standby Reserve, if you just argue the critical employee aspect, you might have a chance... Although not sufficient enough for this kind of request keeping you from deploying.

Again, there's a good chance that your IRR/Standby Reserve request gets shot down. You'd have no other choice but to deploy with your unit.

The biggest thing, with either family or critical employee, is hard evidence to support your justifications. Based on what you've told me, your "family" based argument would not be strong enough to persuade them to transfer you to the IRR.

As usual, a TPU to TPU transfer is your strongest bet. Your need to keep your contracts, and an overburdened mother, argues for a TPU to TPU transfer. Your justifications above give you a good argument for a TPU to TPU. Your pay cut would be a small price to pay in order to continue to meet family and contractual obligations.

NOTE: "They would rather that than a disgruntled soldier". Keddrick Thompson is hinting that if he does not transfer to the IRR, he would be disgruntled. This implies that he would be a headache to his unit if he goes with them to Texas. Worse, he could stop drilling and be a non-participant, or "NONPAR". Later, when he appears to want to close this interaction, I ask him another question... I reminded him of what I said and then asked for his intention.