three weeks overdue. If he had not been allowed to jump ship, he would have considered himself to have been stop-lossed. See also Conscription in the United States Felony waiver Individual augmentee policy: term used by the Department of Defense for their program of selecting Air Force and Navy Personnel and deploying them to a combat zone. Ready Reserve References External links Eight soldiers plan to sue over stop-loss policy "troops in Iraq... enlistment has been extended until December 24, 2031" - by Rolling Stone magazine, The Return of the Draft 2005 Ed Stevens, The first soldier to legally challenge to involuntary extension. 10 USC 12305 and Notes DD Form 4/1 United States military policies Political controversies in the United States