§10148 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

If a Ready Reserve member covered by section 10147 does not do the required yearly training well enough, the Secretary in charge can order them, without their consent, to do up to 45 more days of active training. If the failure happens in the member’s last required year, their Ready Reserve time is extended until they finish that extra training, but not for more than six months. If an Army National Guard or Air National Guard member misses their required yearly training, the Secretary can, at the request of the state’s Governor (or the DC commanding general), order them, without their consent, to do up to 45 days of extra active training. They will be ordered as a Reserve of the Army or a Reserve of the Air Force, as appropriate.

Title 10, §10148

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(a)A member of the Ready Reserve covered by section 10147 of this title who fails in any year to perform satisfactorily the training duty prescribed in that section, as determined by the Secretary concerned under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may be ordered without his consent to perform additional active duty for training for not more than 45 days. If the failure occurs during the last year of his required membership in the Ready Reserve, his membership is extended until he performs that additional active duty for training, but not for more than six months.

(b)A member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States who fails in any year to perform satisfactorily the training duty prescribed by or under law for members of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, as determined by the Secretary concerned, may, upon the request of the Governor of the State (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard) be ordered, without his consent, to perform additional active duty for training for not more than 45 days. A member ordered to active duty under this subsection shall be ordered to duty as a Reserve of the Army or as a Reserve of the Air Force, as the case may be.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 270(b), (c) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(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. Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(5)(B), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2980, provided that: “section 10148(b) [10 U.S.C. 10148(b)], as added by paragraph (1), applies only to persons who became members of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States after October 4, 1961.”

§10148 Ready Reserve: failure to satisfactorily perform prescribed training