§10141 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Each armed force must have three reserve groups: Ready Reserve, Standby Reserve, and Retired Reserve. Every reservist must be placed in one. People on inactive lists or in an inactive National Guard are inactive; people in the Retired Reserve are retired; everyone else is active. Except for the Army and Air National Guards of the United States, each service Secretary must create training categories that say how much training (for example, how many drills and how long) is required. Those category names must be the same across all services and must match within the Ready and Standby Reserves.

Title 10, §10141

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(a)There are in each armed force a Ready Reserve, a Standby Reserve, and a Retired Reserve. Each Reserve shall be placed in one of those categories.

(b)Reserves who are on the inactive status list of a reserve component, or who are assigned to the inactive Army National Guard or the inactive Air National Guard, are in an inactive status. Members in the Retired Reserve are in a retired status. All other Reserves are in an active status.

(c)As prescribed by the Secretary concerned, each reserve component except the Army National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States shall be divided into training categories according to the degrees of training, including the number and duration of drills or equivalent duties to be completed in stated periods. The designation of training categories shall be the same for all armed forces and the same within the Ready Reserve and the Standby Reserve.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 267 and 2001 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A), (3)(A).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

§10141 Ready Reserve; Standby Reserve; Retired Reserve: placement and status of members; training categories