And once again, you don't know the difference. As explained here:

The military is not calling back discharged and retired individual soldiers. They are dipping into the Individual Ready Reserve. There is a big difference between calling up IRR soldiers and recalling retired or discharged soldiers.

When you sign a contract to enlist or get a commission, it is generally for EIGHT years. You perform four years of Active Duy, then you have four left in the Reserves or National Guard. The branch of the Reserves and National Guard that does not have soldiers perform monthly or annual training is the Individual Ready Reserve. It's usually where the dead weight is put - where those who don't add value are placed to finish out their obligation. For instance, if you had a work conflict with your Reserve committment, you would be placed in the IRR to finish out your committment. If you were consistently absent from the monthly weekend training, you would get placed in the IRR.

Everyone in the IRR should know that they can get called to service just like any other Reservist.

There are no indications that the military is calling up 7,500 retirees or formerly discharged soldiers - people like me with a DD214 Form indicating termination of service. They are calling up Reservists and National Guardsmen who are in a pool of soldiers in the IRR. It's a resource that can be tapped and it's not a shock to many Reservists or Guardsmen.

The situation is somewhat different for officers. I was discharged in 1992, but I'm still eligible for recall through 2016. Given my military specialty (space and satellite operations) and age (47), recall is unlikely. Still, if they call me, I'll go without hesitation.

As for the handful of people calling for a draft, it's an idea that's dead on arrival. The military doesn't want or need a draft. Some want it to stir up resentment against the military like the anti-draft riots of the 1960s. I suspect others want it because they want a pool of cheap labor for "alternative service" projects.

Either way, it's a dumb idea. Each year, about a million 18 year old boys graduate from high school. The military currently has an active duty strenght of about 1.2-1.4 million and needs to recruit less than 200,000 people a year. Back in 1991, the active duty strenght was over 2 million and we didn't need a draft to meet that higher force level.