re: #170 danarchy

Looks like the army has a program that matches that time frame:

All initial Army contracts are 8 years, been that way since around the late 80s. Was 6 years prior to that.

During the 80s it wan’t uncommon to get a few IRR recalls doing several weeks of service. Was mostly volunteers. Meant to exercise the recall system. They were generally more trouble than they were worth.