DODI 1235.12  Accessing the Ready Reserves January 19, 1996  ASD(RA)


**** Text of the Regulation ****
References:  (a)  DoD Directive 1235.10, "Activation, Mobilization, and
Demobilization of the Ready Reserve," July 1, 1995
(b)  Title 10, United States Code
(c)  Title 14, United States Code
(d)  DoD Directive 1235.9, "Management and Mobilization of
the Standby Reserve," July 8, 1986
(e)  through (x), see enclosure 1


A.  PURPOSE


This Instruction implements policy, assigns responsibilities,
prescribes procedures and implements those provisions of the law under
reference (a) that pertain to the order of units and individual members of
the Reserve components to active duty in support of operational missions,
contingency operations, during a national emergency, or in time of war.


B.  APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE


This Instruction:


1.  Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the
Military Departments (including the Coast Guard, by agreement with the
Department of Transportation, when it is not operating as a Service in the
Department of the Navy), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the
Unified Combatant Commands, and the Defense Agencies.


2.  Applies to the ordering to active duty of all categories of
Reservists, without the consent of the persons affected, under Section
12301(a), 12301(b), or 12302 of reference (b).


3.  Applies to the ordering of members of the Selected Reserve to
active duty, without the consent of the members affected, under Section
12304 of reference (b) except as restricted by subparagraph (b) of Section
12304 of reference (b).


4.  Applies to the ordering to active duty, without the consent of the
persons affected, units and individual members of the Ready Reserve under
any provision of law.


5.  Applies to the ordering to active duty of Reserve component
volunteers under Section 12301(d) of 10 U.S.C. (reference (b)) in support
of operational missions, domestic emergencies, contingency operations, or
in time of national emergency or war.


6.  Applies to the call of the National Guard into Federal service in
accordance with Section 12406 of reference (b).


7.  Applies to all actions taken concomitant with the process of
activating or mobilizing the Reserve component forces.  As used herein,
"activating" or "mobilizing" involves the following two step process:


a.  First, all actions taken within the Department of Defense under
reference (b) to order to active duty members of the Reserve components in
support of national security objectives.


b.  Second, actions taken after the order to active duty to prepare
Reserve component units and individual members for the performance of
operational missions, contingency operations, and service during periods
of national emergencies or in time of war.


8.  Does not apply to the ordering to active duty of Coast Guard
Reservists by the Secretary of Transportation for emergency augmentation
of regular Coast Guard forces during a serious natural or manmade
disaster, accident, or catastrophe under Section 712 of 14 U.S.C.
(reference (c)).


9.  Does not pertain to the order to active duty of members of the
Reserve components for training.  Additional policies and procedures
governing the activation of Standby Reserve and the Retired Reserve are in
DoD Directives 1235.9 and 1352.1 (references (d) and (e)).


C.  POLICY


1.  For planning and programming purposes, it is DoD policy that when
Reserve component augmentation of the active forces is required for major
regional conflicts and national emergencies, access to the Reserve
components and individuals through an order to active duty without their
consent will be assumed.  For lesser regional conflicts, domestic
emergencies, and other missions, where capabilities of the Reserve
components could be required, maximum consideration will be given to
accessing volunteer Reserve component units and individuals before seeking
authority to order members of the Reserve components to active duty
without their consent.


2.  For purposes of complying with this Instruction, a unit is any
identified and managed group or detachment of one or more individuals,
organized to perform a particular function, whether or not such a group is
part of a larger group.


3.  Additional DoD policy for activation, mobilization and
demobilization of the Ready Reserve components is contained in DoD
Directive 1235.10, reference (a).


D.  RESPONSIBILITIES


1.  The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall:


a.  Develop policies, plans, and programs for Total Force personnel
and their allocation among DoD Components and between the Active and
Reserve components.


b.  Serve as the OSD focal point for readiness issues and analysis of
the Total Force structure as it relates to quantitative and qualitative
military and civilian requirements, utilization, readiness, and support in
accordance with DoD 3020.36-P (reference (f)) and DoD Directive 5124.2
(reference (j)).


2.  The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, under the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, as the principal
advisor to the Secretary of Defense with specific responsibility for
exercising overall supervision of Reserve component matters in the
Department of Defense, shall provide policy, programs, and guidance for
the activation, mobilization, and demobilization of the Reserve components
in support of operational missions, during periods of national emergency,
or in time of war, in accordance with reference (f) and DoD Directive
5125.1 (reference (h)).


3.  The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
shall, after coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Reserve Affairs (ASD(RA)) and other Department of Defense officials with
collateral responsibilities, develop policies, programs, and guidance on
procurement, production, logistics, and other related subjects, including
environmental protection, safety, and occupational health, in accordance
with reference (f) and DoD Directive 5134.1 (reference (i)).


4.  The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, working through the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Requirements, is
responsible for policies concerning the relative roles of all elements of
the Total Force in implementing national strategy and shall advise the
Secretary of Defense on national security strategy and defense strategy,
as well as resources, forces, and contingency plans necessary to implement
that strategy, in accordance with DoD Directive 5111.1 (reference (j)).


5.  The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control,
Communications, and Intelligence shall, in coordination with the ASD(RA),
prescribe policy, programs, and guidance concerning command, control,
communications, and intelligence matters related to the Ready Reserve in
accordance with reference (f) and DoD Directive 5137.1 (references (k)).


6.  The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and
Low-Intensity Conflict, under the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
shall, in coordination with the ASD(RA), prescribe policy, programs, and
guidance concerning Reserve component special operations forces and
low-intensity conflict insofar as they affect Reserve forces in accordance
with DoD Directive 5111.10 (reference (l)).


7.  The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, under the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall, in
coordination with the ASD(RA), prescribe policy, programs, and guidance
for health issues and the management of DoD Ready Reserve health personnel
and medical assets, in accordance with DoD 3020.36-P (reference (f)) and
DoD Directive 5136.1 (reference (m)).


8.  The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs shall
ensure a free flow of information to the news media, other appropriate
forums, and the public addressing activating, mobilizing, and demobilizing
Reserve forces, subject to security constraints, in accordance with
reference (f).


9.  The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs shall
provide, as required by subsections (f) and (i) of Section 12304 of 10
U.S.C.(reference (b)), specific information on activation, mobilization,
and demobilization matters to the appropriate congressional committees.


10.  The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall:


a.  Approve and forward to the Secretary of Defense, the
recommendations of the Military Departments regarding the organization and
unit structure of the Selected Reserve in accordance with contingency war
plans, as required by Section 10143 of reference (b).


b.  Advise the Secretary of Defense, after coordination with ASD(RA),
Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Combatant Commanders, on
the need to augment the Active forces with units and members of the
Reserve components.  Recommendations to the Secretary shall include a
time-phased requirement for all Reserve forces and describe appropriate
uses of Reserve component assets needed to support operational missions
and contingency operations.


c.  Recommend to the Secretary of Defense, consistent with the
policies, procedures, and limitations established by the Secretary of
Defense, the period of service for units and members of the Reserve
components ordered to active duty.


d.  Report to the Secretary of Defense the anticipated use of units
and members of the Reserve components ordered to active duty, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the Military Departments and the
Combatant Commanders.


e.  Recommend to the Secretary of Defense that, when members of the
Armed Forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations,
or hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an
opposing military force, the Secretary of Defense designates the operation
as a contingency operation.


11.  The Secretaries of the Military Departments and the Commandant of
the Coast Guard, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Transportation
when the Coast Guard is not operating as a component of the Department of
the Navy, shall:


a.  Prepare activation, mobilization, and demobilization plans in
accordance with this Instruction and any supplemental guidance issued by
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


b.  Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staffs Commanders of the Combatant Commands and Services, the
preparation of time-phased requirements for all Reserve forces needed to
support operational missions and contingency operations.


c.  Establish unit deployment designators for all Reserve units that
formally link time-phased activation and deployment requirements to claims
on resourcing priorities, using Section 1135 of Public Law 102-484
(reference (n)) as a guide.


d.  Ensure readiness of Selected Reserve for activation and for
orderly demobilization, and report on readiness periodically.  Advise the
Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff of significant decline in readiness,
with actions necessary to restore preparedness.


e.  Ensure that a balanced capability exists to mobilize Reserve
forces and to assimilate them effectively into the Active forces.  This
capability should include intra Continental United States (CONUS)
transportation, training equipment, manpower, and facilities required to
ensure readiness and responsiveness of Reserve forces to fulfill assigned
responsibilities.  Deficiencies in any of these areas should be identified
and both short-term and long-term solutions developed by the Services, in
coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the
combatant commanders to whom the forces are assigned.


f.  Plan for both the activation of entire Reserve units and
individuals, as well as the activation of selected functional capabilities
of Reserve units as required.  However, should a combatant commander
determine that only selected capabilities of Reserve units are required,
develop procedures to enable the identification and activation of
detachments and sub-units possessing required capabilities.


g.  In accordance with DoD Directive 1200.7 (reference (o)), ensure
immediate availability of all Ready Reserve members for active duty in
response to a declaration of war, a national emergency, or a Presidential
order to augment Active forces for an operational mission.  Ensure the
readiness of all members of the Ready Reserve and maintain ready access to
their education, training, language capabilities, and other skills.


h.  Maintain cognizance of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) and
Inactive National Guard (ING) readiness and skill base for ready access
upon mobilization.


i.  Establish systematic procedures for alerting and ordering units
and individual members of the Reserve components to active duty.


j.  Ensure that the procedures for release of activated units and
members of the Reserve component are equitable, objective, and
consistently applied.


k.  Ensure that the criteria for determining the time of release from
active duty for units and individual members of the Ready Reserve are
equitable, objective, and consistently applied.


l.  Systematically review contingency plans; develop and update plans
to establish priorities for personnel, equipment, and training; and
develop procedures to ensure the readiness and availability of units and
individuals most likely to be ordered to active duty.


m.  Regularly inform the Commanders of the Combatant Commands of the
readiness of all Reserve forces assigned to them.


n.  Submit to the Secretary of Defense, through the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, all requests for additional authority, or
amendments to current authorities, to order Selected Reserve units and
individual members to active duty.


12.  The Commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands shall:


a.  Inform the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the need to
augment the Active forces with units and members of the Reserve components
and the time-phased requirements for all Reserve forces needed to support
an operational mission or contingency operation.


b.  Ensure their requirements for Reserve forces are fully coordinated
with the Military Departments and shall advise the Military Services on
required levels of Reserve readiness, training, and mobilization required
to execute operational missions and contingency operations.


E.  PROCEDURES


1.  Mobilizing Reserve Component Forces


a.  Planning.  Plans for mobilizing the Reserve component must be
flexible, consistent, responsive, and sufficiently comprehensive to meet
all contingencies and employment options.  Plans and procedures for
military Reserve component forces must:


(1)  Provide fully developed plans for ordering the Reserve components
to active duty, including each category in the Ready Reserve (Selected
Reserve, IRR, and ING), the Standby Reserve, and the Retired Reserve.


(2)  Encompass all actions necessary for alerting and activating Ready
Reserve component units and individuals, and for rapidly bringing them to
appropriate capability.


(3)  Specify budget authorizations, responsibilities, and coordination
of decisions required for alerting, mobilizing, deploying, and employing
Ready Reserve component units and individuals.


(4)  Provide sufficient flexibility in the decision and execution
process of mobilizing Reserve component forces for accommodating rapid
changes.


(5)  Include appropriate provisions for using National Guard and Ready
Reserve component units and members on a voluntary basis during all stages
of a military operation.


b.  Screening.  Ensure that the Ready Reserve under DoD Directive
1200.7 (reference (o)) and military retirees under DoD Directive 1352.1
(reference e)) are screened periodically so that their recall to military
duty shall not impair essential DoD and other Federal functions and shall
ensure that emergency-essential and key employees under DoD Directives
1404.10, 1200.7, and 1352.1 (references (p), (o), and (e)) are exempted
from recall to military duty.  The screening system is a continuous
peacetime process and the primary means for ensuring that Reserve
component members receive fair treatment when being considered for recall
to active duty without their consent.  Upon activation or mobilization,
all members remaining in the Ready Reserve shall be considered immediately
available for active duty service.  No additional screening is required to
determine availability for active service.  Deferments, delays, or
exceptions will be considered on a case by case, exception only basis.


c.  Selection of Units and Individuals.  The Military Services, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff and Combatant Commands, shall designate specific Reserve
component units and individuals to be activated or mobilized, subject to
statutory limitations.


d.  Unit Integrity.  In accordance with section 12301(c) of 10 U.S.C.
(reference (b)),members of units organized and trained to serve as units
shall, 50 far as practicable, be ordered to active duty with their units.
Unit members undergoing Initial Active Duty Training (IADT) will complete
IADT before being activated or mobilized with their unit.  Members on
active duty for training at the time their unit is activated or mobilized
will be subsequently ordered to active duty with their assigned unit.
Unit members can be reassigned after being ordered to active duty (other
than for training) to meet requirements of the Military Service concerned.


e.  Alert Notification.  Each Military Service shall publish
guidelines for alerting any or all of its Reserve units or members, and
establish procedures for systematically executing activation and
mobilization orders.  Based on a decision by the President and/or the
Congress, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the Military Departments
to activate or mobilize the specified number of Reserve component members
and shall determine the day that it is to begin (5-day for Presidential
Selected Reserve Call-Up (PSRC), T-Day for Partial Mobilization, and M-Day
for Full Mobilization).  Secretaries of the Military Departments shall
determine the exact time and day, following the activation or mobilization
date announced by the Secretary of Defense, when Reserve component units
and individuals shall be ordered to active duty.


f.  Orders.  When authorized by the Secretary of Defense, each
Secretary concerned shall order, as required, members and units of the
Reserve components to active duty.  The Secretary of Defense shall provide
instructions to the Military Service concerned on the total number of
Reserve members to be activated or mobilized without their consent.  Each
Military Service shall establish procedures for notifying (in writing
and/or orally) Reserve component members ordered to active duty by the
simplest, fastest, and most efficient means consistent with operational
security.


g.  Reporting.  Members of the Reserve components ordered to active
duty under Section 12304, 12302, or 12301(a) of 10 U.S.C. (reference (b)),
or at any time in accordance with applicable laws during a war or national
emergency, shall report to active duty as ordered unless it is physically
impossible for the member to report or reporting would clearly be a threat
to the health, welfare, or safety of others.  In such cases, the member
must immediately contact their Service; the Military Service concerned
shall verify the circumstances involved and issue instructions to the
member, to include affirmation of original orders, deferment, delay,
exemption, transfer to the Standby Reserve or the Retired Reserve,
discharge, or other action as appropriate.


h.  Execution of Orders.  All Selected Reserve component members shall
be prepared to execute activation or mobilization orders within 24 hours
of notification.  The Secretary concerned shall specify reporting dates
(no sooner than 5 days after notification) for IRR and ING.  To ensure
that reporting times are met, members shall arrange in advance the
handling of family, personal, business, and other responsibilities.


(1)  Specified Periods of Service.  Within authorized time limits
imposed by statute, specific periods of active duty for Reserve component
units and individuals shall be established by the Secretary of Defense.
Within those limits, the period of service for units or individuals
ordered to active duty without their consent will be determined by the
Secretary of the Military Department concerned in consultation with the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


(2)  Start of Service.  The period of service for Reserve component
units and individuals ordered to active duty shall be measured from the
date the unit or member is ordered to report, as specified in the order to
active duty, without regard to the time the President exercises his
authority and without regard to periods of service of other Reserve
component units or members ordered to active duty.


(3)  Extension of Service.  Units and individuals of the Reserve
components activated under Section 12304 or 12302 of 10 U.S.C. (reference
(b)) may subsequently be extended on active duty under Section 12302 or
12301(a) of reference (b), respectively, during or following the period to
which initially activated.  They shall be ordered to active duty for the
full period authorized by succeeding statutes, subject to the specific
time limits imposed by the Secretary of Defense.  At the direction of the
Secretary of Defense, time served by Reserve component units and
individuals under Sections 12304 and 12302 of reference (b)may be
considered in determining the period for which those units and individuals
are ordered to active duty under succeeding statutes.


(4)  Stop Loss.  Under Section 12305 of reference (b),the Secretary of
Defense, under a delegation of the President's authority as per E.O. 12728
(reference (q)), may suspend any law relating to promotions, retirement,
or separation of any member of the Armed Forces during any period members
of a Reserve component are serving on active duty under Section 12304,
12302, or 12301 of reference (b).  When such suspensions are authorized by
the President, the Secretary of Defense may direct the Secretaries of the
Military Departments to suspend promotions, retirements, and separations
of all members or categories of members determined essential for national
security.


(5)  Deferments.  Reserve component members may receive deferments
from active duty, by the Secretaries of the Military Departments, if they
are hospitalized, unqualified temporarily for medical reasons,
experiencing an unexpected temporary hardship, or unqualified due to lack
of prescribed training (e.g., IADT).  If a deferment is granted, it shall
contain written authorization and shall specify a reporting date.  Members
authorized a deferment remain obligated to report for active duty while
the activation or mobilization authority remains in effect or should
additional ones be authorized.  Deferments shall not be authorized for
civilian employment, civilian occupation, financial hardship, or for
exempting members from active duty in accordance with DoD Directives
1200.7 (reference (o)) and 1400.31 (reference (r)).  The requirements
established for assignment of military couples, single parents, and
military mothers in DoD Directive 1315.7 (reference (s)) shall apply to
activation without the individuals consent or mobilization of the Ready
Reserve as follows:


(a)  Single parents and military couples shall have current and
effective family care plans to provide care for their dependents.


(b)  A single member, or one member of a military couple, shall be
deferred for four months from the effective date the adoption of a child
is finalized.


(c)  A military mother shall be deferred for 4 months after the birth
of a child.


(d)  A member who becomes a single parent as a result of unforeseen
circumstances (e.g., death of a spouse) may apply for a humanitarian or
hardship deferment.


(6)  Students in the Health Professions


(a)  Involuntary activation of Ready Reserve component personnel
engaged as students in a full-time training program in the health
professions shall be consistent with Service policies pertaining to active
duty personnel in the same status.  If the training cycle of active duty
students will not be interrupted for a given contingency or operational
mission, then the training programs of Ready Reserve students should not
be interrupted by an involuntary call to active duty.


(b)  Service policies pertaining to the assignment of Reserve
students, interns, residents, or fellows in the health professions shall
conform to DoD Directive 1200.7 (reference (o)).


(c)  Reserve healthcare providers are subject to the quality
assurance, licensure, credentials review and clinical privileging, and
National Practitioner Data Bank reporting requirements prescribed by DoD
Directives 6025.13 (reference (t)), 6025.14 (reference (u)), and DoD
Instruction 6025.15 (reference (v)).


(7)  Students in Theological or Divinity School.  In accordance with
Section 12317 of 10 U.S.C. (reference (b)), Reserve component members are
not required to serve on active duty or to participate in IADT while
preparing for the ministry at a recognized theological or divinity school.


2.  Demobilization and Release from Active Duty


a.  Planning.  To ensure that all members of the Reserve components
who have been ordered to active duty receive equitable treatment upon
their release from active duty, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that
Service demobilization plans are flexible, consistent, responsive, and
sufficiently comprehensive for meeting all contingencies.


b.  Release, Separation, or Discharge.  Continuous screening in
peacetime ensures the transfer or discharge of Ready Reserve members who
cannot meet the requirements for activation or mobilization.  On
activation or mobilization, all members shall report for active duty as
ordered.  Once on active duty, a member with an unexpected hardship may
request release, separation, or discharge for humanitarian or other
grounds under criteria applicable to active force members generally.
Personnel who are found not physically qualified or who fail to pass drug
screening requirements shall be handled in accordance with the policy of
that Military Service concerning its active duty personnel.  The criteria
for assessing release shall be uniform and strictly enforced within each
Military Service.


c.  Personnel Separation Requirements.  Before release from active
duty, each member of the Reserve component must meet the requirements for
separation established by the applicable Military Service directives.
Physical examinations will be provided when required by law or Service
regulations.


(1)  Certificate of Release or Discharge.  Each member of the Reserve
component involuntarily ordered to active duty shall be issued, upon
release or discharge, a completed "Certificate of Release or Discharge
from Active Duty" (DD Form 214), in accordance with DoD Instruction 1336.1
(reference (w)).


(2)  Disciplinary, Administrative, or Medical Action.  Individuals
under investigation or pending disciplinary actions under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. 801-940 (reference (b)), or those pending
administrative or medical actions, may be retained on active duty until
resolution of their case.


(3)  Enlistment Expiration.  Members of a Reserve component whose
enlistment would have expired during their active duty period, except that
their enlistment was extended without their consent, shall be
expeditiously discharged or released from active duty as appropriate,
unless they are qualified for and request reenlistment.  Those members
requesting to reenlist in the Ready Reserve, and who are otherwise
eligible to reenlist, shall be immediately reenlisted to prevent a break
in service.


(4)  Leave.  Personnel with accrued leave shall be given the option of
receiving payment for such leave, taking pre-separation leave, or a
combination thereof.  Reservists wanting to take accrued leave before
release from active duty may be voluntarily retained on active duty past
their normal release dates for up to the number of days for which leave
has accrued.


(5)  Active Duty Protection.  In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 12686
(reference (b)), members of the Reserve components ordered to active duty
(other than for training) who on the date that they would otherwise be
released from active duty, are within 2 years of becoming eligible for
retired pay or retainer pay under a purely military retirement system,
shall not be involuntarily released from active duty before they become
eligible for that pay and shall be absorbed in Service-authorized active
end strengths, unless the release is approved by the Secretary of the
Military Departments concerned.


d.  Unit Demobilization Requirements.  Reserve units and individual
Reservists ordered to active duty under DoD Directive 1235.10 (reference
(a)) and this Instruction shall be demobilized at the same mobilization
station or site to which they were initially ordered to report on active
duty.  The Secretary of the Military Department concerned may waive this
requirement on a case-by-case basis if demobilization at a different site
or location proves more efficient.  Reserve component members activated
with their parent unit shall, so far as practical, be demobilized with
their unit.  At the time of demobilization, Reserve component units will
be sufficiently resourced to continue peacetime training missions.


e.  Release Plans.  To the maximum extent consistent with security
requirements, Reservists and their families shall be kept fully apprised
of Service plans to release Reservists from active duty.


F.  EFFECTIVE DATE


This Instruction is effective immediately.


Edwin Dorn
Under Secretary of Defense
(Personnel and Readiness)


Enclosures - 3
1.  References
2.  Definitions
3.  Resource Allocation Policies


REFERENCES, continued


(e)  DoD Directive 1352.1, "Management and Mobilization of Regular and
Reserve Retired Military Members," March 2, 1990
(f)  DoD 3020.36-P, "Master Mobilization Plan, "May 1988, authorized by
DoD Directive 3020.36, November 2, 1988
(g)  DoD Directive 5124.2, "Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness (USD(P&R))," October 31, 1994
(h)  DoD Directive 5125.1, "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve
Affairs (ASD/RA), March 2, 1994
(j)  DoD Directive 5111.1, "Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
(USD(P))," March 22, 1995
(k)  DoD Directive 5137.1, "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command,
Control, Communications, and Intelligence (ASD(C3I)),"
February 12, 1992
(l)  DoD Directive 5111.10, "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD(SO/LIC))," March
22, 1995
(m)  DoD Directive 5136.1, "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs (ASD(HA))," May 27, 1994
(n)  Public Law 102-484, "Title M of the National Defense Authorization
Act of Fiscal Year 1993," October 1, 1992
(o)  DoD Directive 1200.7, "Screening the Ready Reserve," April 6, 1984
(p)  DoD Directive 1404.10, "Emergency Essential (E-E) DoD U.S. Citizen
Civilian Employees," April 10, 1992
(q)  Executive Order 12728, "Delegating President's Authority to Suspend
any Provision of Law Relating to Promotion, Retirement, or
Separation of Members of the Armed Forces," August 22, 1990
(r)  DoD Directive 1400.31, "Mobilization Management of the DoD Civilian
Work Force," September 9, 1986
(s)  DoD Directives 1315.7, "Military Personnel Assignments," January
9, 1987
(t)  DoD Directive 6025.13, "DoD Medical Quality Assurance," November
17, 1988
(u)  DoD Directive 6025.14, "Department of Defense Participation in the
National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDP),"November 1, 1990
(v)  DoD Instruction 6025.15, "Implementation of Department of Defense
Participation in the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB),"
November 9, 1992
(w)  DoD Instruction 1336.1, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from
Active Duty (DD Form 214/5 series)," January 6, 1989
(x)  DoD Directive 1225.6, "Equipping the Reserve Forces," November
2, 1992


DEFINITIONS


1.  Activation.  The ordering of units and individual members of the
Reserve components to active duty, with or without their consent, under
legislative authority granted to the President, Congress or the
Secretaries of the Military Departments.


2.  Active Duty.  Full-time duty in the active military service of the
United States.  For Reserve members, it includes all periods of service
under 12301(a), (b),or (d); 12302; and 12304 of 10 U.S.C. (reference (b)).
It also includes periods of service for members of the retired Reserve
under Section 688 of reference (b).


3.  Contingency Operation.  A military operation that:


a.  Is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an operation in which
members of the Armed Forces are or may become involved in military
actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United States
or against an opposing military force; or


b.  Results in the call or order to, or retention on, active duty of
members of the Uniformed Services under Section 688, 12301(a), 12302,
12304, 12305, 12306, or 12406 of reference (b), or any other provision of
law during a war or during a national emergency declared by the President
or Congress.


4.  Demobilization.  The process necessary to release from active duty
units and members of the Reserve components who were ordered to active
duty under Section 688, 12301(a), (b), (d), 12302, 12304 or 12306 of
reference (b).


5.  F-hour.  The effective time of an announcement by The Secretary of
Defense on a decision to mobilize Reserve units.


6.  Initial Active Duty For Training (IADT).  Basic military training and
technical skill training required for all accessions.  In accordance with
Section 671 of reference (b), a member of the Armed Forces may not be
assigned to active duty on land outside the United States and its
territories and possessions until the member has completed the basic
training requirements of the Armed Force of which he or she is a member.
In time of a national emergency or war, the period of basic training, or
its equivalent, may not be less than 12 weeks for new accessions or those
who are still undergoing basic training when a national emergency or a war
is declared.


7.  M-Day.  Designates the day on which full mobilization commences or is
to commence.


8.  Mobilization.  The process by which all or a portion of the Armed
Forces are brought to a state of readiness for war or a national
emergency.  It includes the order to active duty of units and members of
the Reserve components under a declaration of national emergency by either
the President or the Congress or when the Congress declares war.  It
includes the order to active duty of all or part of the Reserve
components, as well as assembling and organizing personnel, supplies, and
material.  Mobilization of the Armed Forces includes but is not limited to
the following categories:


a.  Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up.  Ordering any unit and any
member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit of the Selected
Reserve to active duty (other than for training), under Section 12304 of
10 U.S.C. (reference b)), for not more than 270 days, without consent of
the member concerned, to augment the active force for an operational
mission other than during war or national emergency.  Not more than
200,000 members of the Selected Reserve may be on active duty under this
authority at any one time.


b.  Partial Mobilization.  Mobilization by the President of not more
than 1 million Ready Reservists for not longer than 24 months, under
Section 12302 of reference (b), and the resources needed for their support
to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an
external threat to the national security or of a domestic emergency (e.g.,
postal strike, flood, or earthquake).


c.  Full Mobilization.  Under Sections 12301(a) and 688 of reference
(b)), mobilization in time of war or national emergency declared by
Congress of all Reserve component units in the existing force structure;
all individual, standby, and retired Reservists; retired active force
military personnel; and the resources needed for their support.  Full
mobilization is directed by Congress in those situations requiring the
expansion of the active force to meet the requirements of a war or other
national emergency involving an external threat to national security.
Units, individual Reservists, and retirees may be ordered to active duty
for the period of the emergency plus 6 months thereafter.


d.  Total Mobilization.  Expansion of the Active Armed Forces
resulting from action by Congress and the President to organize and/or
generate additional units or personnel, beyond the existing force
structure, and the resources needed for their support to meet the total
requirement of a war or other national emergency involving an external
threat to the national security.


9.  National Emergency.  A condition declared by the President or the
Congress by powers previously vested in them that authorize certain
emergency actions to be undertaken in the national interest.  Actions to
be taken may include partial, full or total mobilization of national
resources.


10.  Operational Mission.  Any employment of military resources to
accomplish a task other than administration or training.


11.  Ready Reserve.  Consists of the Selected Reserve, the IRR, and the
ING.  Members of the Ready Reserve, organized in units or as individuals,
are subject to being ordered to active duty without their consent to
augment the Active forces.


a.  Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).  A manpower pool principally
consisting of individuals who have had training and have previously served
in the Active forces or in the Selected Reserve.  It consists both of
those who have not completed their Military Service Obligation (MSO) and
those who have fulfilled their MSO.  IRR members are liable for
involuntary active duty for training and fulfillment of mobilization
requirements in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 12301 and 12302(a) (reference
(b)).  In addition, the IRR also includes some personnel who are
participating in officer training programs or in the Armed Forces Health
Scholarship Program.  All IRR members are in an active status.


b.  Inactive National Guard (ING).  Consists of personnel of the Army
National Guard Ready Reserve who are in an inactive status.  The term is
not applicable to the Air National Guard.  ING members are assigned to
National Guard units but do not participate in training activities.  On
partial or full mobilization (but not a call-up under Section 12304 of
reference (b)), they mobilize with their unit of assignment.


c.  Selected Reserve.  Those units and individuals within the Ready
Reserve designated by their respective Services and approved by the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense or
Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, as so essential to initial
wartime requirements that they have priority over all other Reserve
elements.  They are required to participate in inactive duty training
periods and/or annual training.  The Selected Reserve also includes
Reserve members awaiting or performing IADT who are authorized to perform
drills.  The Selected Reserve consists of subcategories defined as
follows:


(1)  Selected Reserve Units.  A unit is any group or detachment of one
or more individuals organized to perform a particular function, whether or
not such a group is part of a larger group, and which is organized,
equipped, and trained to serve, upon activation or mobilization, on active
duty as an operational or augmentation unit.  Operational units train and
normally serve as cohesive units.  Augmentation units train together, but
lose their unit identity when activated or mobilized, normally to augment
and be subsumed by an Active unit or activity.  Any unit may be ordered to
active duty, if needed, regardless of size.


(2)  Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMAs).  Trained individuals
of the Selected Reserve who are pre-assigned to an Active component, DoD
Agency, Selective Service System or Federal Emergency Management Agency
organization billet that must be filled to meet contingency,
pre-mobilization, mobilization, sustainment, or demobilization manpower
requirements.  IMAs may also be assigned to support the national defense
strategy or national security objectives for critical military mission
requirements or for special skills and/or qualifications needed to
maintain selected military capabilities.  IMAs participate in mandatory
training activities on a part-time basis in preparation for activation or
mobilization.


12.  Reserve Components.  Refers collectively to the Army National Guard
of the United States, Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve,
Air National Guard of the United States, Air Force Reserve, and Coast
Guard Reserve.


13.  5-Day.  The day on which a call-up of not more than 200,000
Reservists, under the PSRC authority begins.


14.  T-Day.  The day on which partial mobilization begins.


15.  Unit.  Any identified and managed group or detachment of one or more
individuals, organized to perform a particular function whether or not
such a group is part of a larger group.


16.  Unit Deployment Designator (UDD).  An indicator specifying the
post-mobilization training days allocated to a unit deployment, The UDD is
part of a congressionally mandated system to develop a priority for
mobilization, based on regional contingency planning requirements and
integrated into the war planning process within Public Law 102-484,
Section 1135 (reference (n)).


17.  Volunteer.  A member of the Reserve components who is ordered to
active duty with his or her consent pursuant to Section 12301(d) of 10
U.S.C. (reference (b)).


18.  Volunteer Unit.  One or more individual volunteers, organized to
perform a particular function whether or not such a unit is part of a
larger group, who has consented to perform an active duty mission.


RESOURCE ALLOCATION POLICIES


DoD policy recognizes an increasing reliance on the Ready Reserve to
meet wartime requirements.  In certain contingencies, plans call for the
deployment of some Selected Reserve units and individuals before active
units.  In those cases, certain units and individuals within the Selected
Reserve, as a subset of the Ready Reserve, shall receive priority in
manning, training, and equipment programs before their deployment.  DoD
policy for resource allocation to the Ready Reserve is organized under the
three major categories of manpower, training, and equipment.


A.  Manpower.  Achieving manpower goals for both Active and Reserve
components is essential for an effective mobilization process.  Personnel
shortages and military skill imbalances affect wartime capabilities of the
Total Force, not just the DoD Component possessing such deficiencies.  DoD
manpower policy is as follows:


1.  Achieve and maintain a pre-trained manpower pool adequate to staff
all shortfalls in Active and Reserve Component units to wartime levels of
programmed manning within the time specified in mobilization and
deployment plans.


2.  Have members of the IRR affiliated or pre-assigned with units of
the Active or Reserve forces, when practicable, insofar as it would
enhance refresher training, rapid deployment, and effective utilization in
a war or national emergency.


3.  Achieve an annual aggregate programmed manning structure in the
Reserve components that possesses skill, grade, and experience
qualifications represented in the programmed manning requirements.


4.  Program resources for maximizing the effectiveness and for
improving the management of the pre-trained manpower pool, including the
IRR and the ING.


B.  Training.  Effective utilization of the Total Force requires the rapid
assimilation of Reserve component units and individuals into active
service during an activation or mobilization.  This may be accomplished
only if requisite training has occurred before the event.  DoD policy is
as follows:


1.  Ensure that early deploying Reserve component units are trained
fully in their wartime taskings and are capable of attaining requisite
readiness status before the deployment time specified by contingency
plans.


2.  Ensure that Reserve component individuals and units are trained
appropriately for augmenting active forces on activation or mobilization.


3.  Determine IRR skill proficiency degradation and conduct skill
refresher training.


4.  Ensure that Ready Reserve training and evaluation procedures are
consistent with standards established for the active force.


5.  Ensure that training cadres are equipped and prepared for
mobilization training base programs supporting the Total Force after their
activation or mobilization.


C.   Equipment.  Equipment compatibility among Total Force components is a
battlefield imperative.  Active and Reserve component units deploying at
the same time shall have equal claim on equipment inventories; i.e., the
first units scheduled to become operational in theater shall be equipped
first regardless of whether they are Active or Reserve component.
Equipment policy applies equally to tools, technical documentation, spares
and repair parts, and all items of supply that are prescribed for unit
issue.  DoD policy is to ensure the following:


1.  Procuring and distributing new and/or combat serviceable equipment
is consistent with DoD policy guidance in DoD Directive 1225.6 (reference
(x)).


2.  Equipment interoperability among Reserve and Active units serving
together on the battlefield when interoperability of the respective
equipment is essential for effective military operations.


3.  Equipment on hand is adequate for enabling Reserve units to
conduct effective training before activation or mobilization.


4.  Plans are developed to redistribute equipment left in (CONUS) by
units deploying overseas to pre-positioned stocks on activation or
mobilization, and to procure and distribute sufficient assets for
not-fully-equipped units before the deployment time specified in
contingency plans.