I posted an article from the Seattle Times that I learned about from an AKO forum topic by the same title.  It is informative.  Unfortunately, it doesn't include the chart showing resignations growing exponentially.  The Army Reserve states that it is at 59% of target for captains and expects it to take five to seven years to correct the imbalance.  Remember when the Army was showing captains the door enmasse in the 90’s?  This “crisis” has been in the making for quite some time.  I vividly remember the Army offering incentives for separated captains RIF’d out after Desert Storm to return to active duty due to shortages in 1998.  I have read several posts from people, enlisted and officer both, who separated from service in the early 90’s under the VSI (Voluntary Separation Initiative) now being called back to duty 14 years later!  There should really be a statue of limitations on that. 

One of the key points I took out of the article is that the Army Reserve is denying officer resignation requests from those who have not yet served a tour in Iraq or Afghanistan.  Whether or not this statement is official policy I don’t know.  HRC is more secretive about its personnel policy then the CIA it seems.  The article is worth a read as are the comments in the AKO forum.  Check it out.