The Ready Reserve is a
U.S. Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secur ...
program which maintains a pool of trained service members that may be recalled to
active duty
Active duty, in contrast to reserve duty, is a full-time occupation as part of a military force. In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, the equivalent term is active service.
India
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should the need arise. It is composed of service members that are contracted to serve in the Ready Reserve for a specified period of time as a reservist or in active duty status. Members of the Ready Reserve are required to be prepared for mobilization or re-activation within a specified period of time, maintain a serviceable uniform, and maintain a degree of fitness.
The Ready Reserve,
Standby Reserve The Standby Reserve consists of personnel of the United States Armed Forces who maintain their affiliation without being in the Ready Reserve. The Standby Reserve consists of two components: the Active Status List and the Inactive Status List. , and the Retired Reserve make up the
Reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States
The reserve components of the United States Armed Forces are military organizations whose Reservist, members generally perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty per year and who augment the active duty (or full-time) military when necessary. ...
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Composition
The Ready Reserve is divided into three programs:
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Selected Reserve,
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Individual Ready Reserve
The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) is a category of the Ready Reserve of the Reserve Component of the Armed Forces of the United States composed of former active duty or reserve military personnel. Its governing statute is codified at . For so ...
, and
# The
Inactive National Guard The Inactive National Guard (ING) is a component of the Ready Reserve of the United States Army, and is structured similar to the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).http://www.ngbpdc.ngb.army.mil/pubs/614/ngr614_1.pdf Only enlisted soldiers are eligib ...
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Legal basis
The Ready Reserve is prescribed by law in
U.S. Code
In the law of the United States, the Code of Laws of the United States of America (variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States, United States Code, U.S. Code, U.S.C., or USC) is the official compilation and codification of th ...
Title 10 "ARMED FORCES", Subtitle E "Reserve Components", Chapter 1209. Specific provisions for creation of the Ready Reserve can be found in sections 12301(a) and 12302. Other sections describe rules for recall to Active Duty (sec. 12301(d), 12303, 12304) and suspension of retirement or separation (sec. 12305).
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See also
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Ready Reserve Force
The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) consists of ships of the United States of America, mostly merchant vessels, that have been "mothballed" but can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping during national military emergencies ...
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Reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States
The reserve components of the United States Armed Forces are military organizations whose Reservist, members generally perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty per year and who augment the active duty (or full-time) military when necessary. ...
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Selected Reserve
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Stop-loss policy In the United States military, 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 contractuall ...
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United States Army Reserve
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Se ...
References
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Reserve forces of the United States