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Why? It's just pretending.
There are hundreds of thousands of active, reserve, and National Guard available right now. My niece is in the Guard and says only 2 units have been mobilized in her state. There are many medical units that haven't been alerted.
Retired soldiers aren't necessary... Trump is just pretending to do something.