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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 1005— ELEMENTS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS · § 10145

§ 10145. Ready Reserve: placement in

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(a)Each person required under law to serve in a reserve component shall, upon becoming a member, be placed in the Ready Reserve of his armed force for his prescribed term of service, unless he is transferred to the Standby Reserve under section 10146(a) of this title.
(b)The units and members of the Army National Guard of the United States and of the Air National Guard of the United States are in the Ready Reserve of the Army and the Ready Reserve of the Air Force, respectively.
(c)All Reserves assigned to units organized to serve as units and designated as units in the Ready Reserve are in the Ready Reserve.
(d)Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, any qualified member of a reserve component or any qualified retired enlisted member of a regular component may, upon his request, be placed in the Ready Reserve. However, a member of the Retired Reserve entitled to retired pay or a retired enlisted member of a regular component may not be placed in the Ready Reserve unless the Secretary concerned makes a special finding that the member’s services in the Ready Reserve are indispensable. The authority of the Secretary concerned under the preceding sentence may not be delegated—
(1)to a civilian officer or employee of the military department concerned below the level of Assistant Secretary; or
(2)to a member of the armed forces below the level of the lieutenant general or vice admiral in an armed force with responsibility for military personnel policy in that armed force.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2973; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 513, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1460.)
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  • Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1)
  • 108 Stat. 2973
  • Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 513
  • 117 Stat. 1460
  • Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A)
  • Pub. L. 108–136
  • section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337
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§ 10145
Ready Reserve: placement in
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1)
Stat.108 Stat. 2973
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 513
Stat.117 Stat. 1460
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A)
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