stop-loss is the involuntary extension of a service member 's active duty service under the enlistment contract in order to retain them beyond their initial end of term of service ( ETS ) date and up to their contractually agreed end of active obligated service ( EAOS ) . It also applies to the cessation of a permanent change of station ( PCS ) move for a member still in military service . Stop-loss was used immediately before and during the 1990 – 91 Persian Gulf War . Since then , it has been used during deployments to Somalia , Haiti , Bosnia , Kosovo and after the September 11 attacks and the subsequent campaign against terror
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Stop-loss policy