Keddrick Corday Thompson Requests IRR Memorandum Draft -- Part 1

Originally posted by Keddrick Corday Thompson:
Need your writing services for a request to IRR and a fundraising pitch 

Could you give me details on why you want to transfer to the IRR? Thanks.

Originally posted by Keddrick Corday Thompson:
Yes. My unit is mobilizing to [redacted] and I am a single Father with strict obligations to my Son and his well-being and movement. In addition, I have contract obligations with a steady work/life balance that affords me to be able to take care of my Son, my family and maintain upkeep of progress.
This mobilization will damper my Salary and put me in a tense financial situation and position physically with my Son. 

How long is this deployment for? Have you brought this up with your unit, and what have they done to try to help your situation? Have you brought this up with those you contracted with? You'll need their statements as attachments to your IRR transfer request memorandum.

In order to get an IRR transfer, you'll have to prove, through valid statements, that mobilization would aggravate your situation. This includes statements by professionals and by personnel in your unit privy to your situation.

Your unit will ask you some questions. What arrangements have you made for your son in order for you to attend drill, annual training, etc.? They're expecting you to have those arrangements in place when your unit deploys for Fort Hood. If you've managed to attend drill and annual training, they're going to expect you to go with them to Fort Hood.

Contractual obligations? You need to bring this up to your chain of command. Let them decide if you don't warrant mobilization orders. Depending on what your unit knows about your circumstances, they could assign you to rear detachment. They could make other arrangements, depending on your unit's policy.

Also, you may have to notify those, that you have contractual obligations with, of your pending deployment.

In order to convince the chain, via memo and IRR packet, to transfer you to the IRR, you have to provide supporting documentation. The Army is going to say, "Well, you could do this" or "Well, you could do that". You have to validly prove that these other options are not on the table. You also have to prove that losing these contracts would prove irrevocably damaging.

More importantly, you have to prove that you went to your unit. You have to prove that your unit was unable to help you with your situation. Statements from Soldiers in your chain, in a position to help you, would be needed.

I recommend reviewing AR 140-10, Paragraph 4-9. Look at the options that apply to you. You'll find details on what you need to support your transfer request.