§10144 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Each reserve component must have an Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). The IRR is the part of the Ready Reserve made up of members who are not in the Selected Reserve or in the inactive National Guard. The Secretary can create a mobilization category inside the IRR whose members may be ordered to active duty involuntarily under section 12304. A person may join that category only if they volunteer and the Secretary picks them based on the service’s needs and their rank and skills. No one may stay in that category after the 24-month period beginning on the date they separated from active service. The Secretary will name which ranks and skills are eligible. Members in that category get benefits like those of the Selected Reserve, except for pay and training, as set by the Secretary of Defense.

Title 10, §10144

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(a)Within the Ready Reserve of each of the reserve components there is an Individual Ready Reserve. The Individual Ready Reserve consists of those members of the Ready Reserve who are not in the Selected Reserve or the inactive National Guard.

(b)(1)Within the Individual Ready Reserve of each reserve component there is a category of members, as designated by the Secretary concerned, who are subject to being ordered to active duty involuntarily in accordance with section 12304 of this title. A member may not be placed in that mobilization category unless—

(A)the member volunteers for that category; and

(B)the member is selected for that category by the Secretary concerned, based upon the needs of the service and the grade and military skills of that member.

(2)A member of the Individual Ready Reserve may not be carried in such mobilization category of members after the end of the 24-month period beginning on the date of the separation of the member from active service.

(3)The Secretary shall designate the grades and military skills or specialities of members to be eligible for placement in such mobilization category.

(4)A member in such mobilization category shall be eligible for benefits (other than pay and training) as are normally available to members of the Selected Reserve, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1997—Pub. L. 105–85 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

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.

§10144 Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve