Researching IDT and ADT For Guard and Reserve - Red Zone Alert!

Inactive duty training and Active duty training

6. IDT/ADT PARTICIPATION DATA IS CAPTURED WHEN A RESERVISTS DUTY IS RECORDED IN CG PERSONNEL SYSTEMS FOR PAYMENT. COMPLIANCE WITH IDT/ADT PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS IS MEASURED ON A SCALE (ANYWHERE FROM NO PARTICIPATION TO FULL PARTICIPATION), AND CAN BE BEST CATEGORIZED AS BEING IN GREEN, YELLOW, OR RED ZONES, LIKE THE MEASUREMENTS USED BY THE READINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, A RESERVIST WHO HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR ANY TYPE OF DUTY WITHIN A WINDOW OF THREE MONTHS CAN STILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE WITHIN THE GREEN ZONE FOR IDT/ADT PARTICIPATION BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD CAUSE A PERSON NOT TO BE PAID FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS AND STILL BE WITHIN PARTICIPATION STANDARDS. THESE REASONS CAN INCLUDE TRANSFER FROM ONE UNIT TO ANOTHER, GROUPING IDT DRILLS TO ACCOMMODATE LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL TO DUTY SITE, RESCHEDULING IDT OR ADT DUE TO INABILITY TO PERFORM TRAINING FOR TEMPORARY MEDICAL REASONS, OR BEING PAID LATE FOR TRAINING PERFORMED. A RESERVIST WHO HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR ANY TYPE OF DUTY WITHIN A WINDOW OF BETWEEN THREE AND SEVEN MONTHS IS CATEGORIZED IN THE YELLOW ZONE. IDENTIFICATION OF YELLOW ZONE MEMBERS SHOULD CAUSE UNIT COMMANDERS TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO DETERMINE IF CORRECTIVE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN. A RESERVIST WHO HAS NOT BEEN PAID FOR ANY TYPE OF DUTY FOR SEVEN MONTHS OR MORE IS CATEGORIZED IN THE RED ZONE AND IS CONSIDERED A NON-PARTICIPANT.

ANOTHER WAY OF MEASURING IDT AND ADT PARTICIPATION COMPLIANCE IS BY ADDING UP THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATION POINTS A RESERVIST EARNS IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR. A TYPICAL RESERVIST SHOULD PERFORM 48 IDT DRILLS AND 12 DAYS OF ADT IN A YEAR, TO EQUAL 60 POINTS. RESERVISTS EARNING LESS THAN 35 POINTS IN A YEAR THROUGH PERFORMANCE OF IDT, ADT, ADSW, OR MOBILIZATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE YELLOW ZONE AS THEY ARE AT RISK FOR NOT HAVING A SATISFACTORY YEAR FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.

7. WHEN A RESERVIST IS SCHEDULED FOR AN IDT DRILL, AND FAILS TO PERFORM SUCH DRILL, THE DRILL MUST BE RECORDED IN DIRECT ACCESS AS AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 2.B.3. OF REF D. UNEXCUSED ABSENCES HAVE AN IMPACT ON RESERVISTS BENEFITS. RESERVISTS WITH NINE OR MORE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES WITHIN A 12-MONTH PERIOD, OR WHO FAIL TO PERFORM ANNUAL ADT, ARE SUBJECT TO RECOUPMENT OF SELRES MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS AND SELRES ENLISTED BONUSES. FURTHER, SUCH RESERVISTS LOSE ENTITLEMENT TO SERVICE MEMBERS GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN BENEFITS IF REMOVED FROM THE SELRES FOR NON-PARTICIPATION.

Another report - this is 1995 requirements:

3.1.2. Training Requirements for Members of the Army
and Air National Guard. Members of the Army and Air
National Guard shall:

3.1.2.1. Assemble for IDT and instruction at least
48 times each year.

3.1.2.2. Participate in training encampments, maneuvers,
or other exercises for not less than 15 days a year,
unless excused by the Secretary concerned.

el - So the question becomes - did Bush go into the Red Zone?