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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§10143 Ready Reserve: Selected Reserve

Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1005 — ELEMENTS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS › § 10143

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each Ready Reserve must include a Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserve is made up of units and Reservists picked by the appropriate Secretary and trained as required under section 10147(a)(1) of this title or section 502(a) of title 32, as appropriate. Who approves the Selected Reserve’s organization and unit structure depends on the service. For all reserve components except the Coast Guard Reserve, the Secretary of Defense approves the structure after the military departments recommend it and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff approves those recommendations under contingency and war plans. For the Coast Guard Reserve, the Secretary of Homeland Security approves the structure after the Commandant of the Coast Guard recommends it.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §10143

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Within the Ready Reserve of each of the reserve components there is a Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserve consists of units, and, as designated by the Secretary concerned, of Reserves, trained as prescribed in section 10147(a)(1) of this title or section 502(a) of title 32, as appropriate.
(b)The organization and unit structure of the Selected Reserve shall be approved—
(1)in the case of all reserve components other than the Coast Guard Reserve, by the Secretary of Defense based upon recommendations from the military departments as approved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in accordance with contingency and war plans; and
(2)in the case of the Coast Guard Reserve, by the Secretary of Homeland Security upon the recommendation of the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 268(b), (c) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 10143

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102