by kjschmidt » Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:58 pm
It's possible for reserve IWs to go active. We had a LT in our unit get permanently recalled to active duty last year. He is now PCS afloat. But he was 1 of 20+ applicants who got selected. And his background was impressive: AC CTI for 6 years, got out, became a DoN linguist at a NIOC, went reserve, made chief, went DCO, etc. I just got back from IWBC in July and the department head there was a reserve DCO who got recalled to perm active duty. But his background was similar to the LT from my unit. So what I have been able to learn is that it's possible, you might see one per year or two and if you don't have the background and skills the Navy needs right then and now, then it's going to be hard. But the OCM will be able to set you straight.