Stop Loss (guideline)

Stop Loss ( English for "failure avoidance") is the name for an extension of the service life of a soldier in the US armed forces . The Department of Defense reserves the right to unilaterally, non-consensual retention of any American military personnel in service through appropriate provisions in the recruitment contract . The stop-loss policy has its origins in the Second Gulf War and was subsequently used in the wars in Somalia , Haiti , Kosovo and after September 11, 2001 and the resulting “ war on terror ” in the army . During theOccupation of Iraq , the use of this clause the norm of the army in the long term with has surge tried to counter and a gradual troop withdrawal. On March 18, 2009, the Ministry of Defense announced that it would end the systematic use of the stop-loss option by 2010 , without, however, abandoning the clause for future recruits. Since April 2009, soldiers who have been recruited in this way have received an allowance of $ 500 per month in contrast to the previous procedure.

The stop-loss policy is controversial. Affected soldiers have already challenged them legally several times, but American federal courts have regularly determined their legality within the scope of freedom of contract , since the soldiers would have agreed to tolerate an extension of their service time unilaterally ordered by state organs.

Web links

Eight soldiers plan to sue over stop-loss policy (English)
" troops in Iraq… enlistment has been extended until December 24th December 2031 " - by Rolling Stone magazine, The Return of the Draft 2005 (English)
Ed Stevens, The first soldier to legally challenge to involuntary extension (English)
10 USC 12305 and Notes (English)
DD Form 4/1 (English)

supporting documents

↑ Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs): End to Stop Loss Announced , United States Department of Defense press release, March 18, 2009. Accessed March 21, 2009.
↑ cf. N / A : Making Stop Loss Pay , in: StrategyPage.com , March 22, 2009. Accessed March 22, 2009.

[1] Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs): End to Stop Loss Announced , United States Department of Defense press release, March 18, 2009. Accessed March 21, 2009.

[2] . N / A : Making Stop Loss Pay , in: StrategyPage.com , March 22, 2009. Accessed March 22, 2009.