Negative. When you are on IRR are you shaving every morning and conducting PT? Reporting to work for a mission every day and on call for service? No. Service stripes. IRR is a last resort in case the army goes week for man power rather then reinstating the draft they will draw from the IRR.
No they can not
Service Stripes - 1931 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
No.
Each stripe represents four years of service .
The cast of Service Stripes - 1931 includes: Joan Carter Waddell as Joan Joe Penner as Joe
The hash stripes are actually Service Stripes and each stripe represents 4 years that the Marine has served.
In the Army... The stripes on the left forearm of the service jacket are Service Stripes. You get one per three years of active duty. The stripes on the right forearm are Overseas Service Stripes. You get one per six months of duty in a combat zone.
They are long service and good conduct stripes (known as Badges) awarded to non-officers after lengths of service (in years). They are not ranks.
The service stripes were always worn on the US uniform on the lower Left cuff to denote lenght of time in service. These stripes varied slightly from WW1 through today's uniform but not very much. The overseas stripes were worn just above these and denote time served outside the USA. Custermen Oversea Service Stripes are for oversea service in disignated areas for designated time periods, not just oversea service anywhere/anytime. Army Regulation 670-1 outlines what these locations and times are.
Are you referring to the stripes by their cuffs, or the "rockers" under their chevrons? Rockers in conjunction with chevrons signify ranking. The stripes on their cuffs signify years of service. One stripe is equal to four years of continued service. Two stripes indicates the Marine has been in active service for no less than eight years, but less than twelve.
Ivan Reitman
First off, we need to know the location of these stripes. Are they two arched over three "V's" ? Those would be a chief (enlisted rating). If they are long stripes running diagonal on the sleeve, they represent time in service...ie, each one indicates 4 years of service. Hope this helps.