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§10147 Ready Reserve: Training Requirements

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Reserve Components › Part I— ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 1005— ELEMENTS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS › § 10147

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Most people who join the Ready Reserve must do yearly training. Unless rules from the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard say otherwise, and except for those who join under sections 513 or 10145(b), a Ready Reserve member must either take part in at least 48 scheduled drills and spend at least 14 days on active-duty training each year (travel time not counted), or instead serve on active-duty training for no more than 30 days in a year. If a member has already served one year or more on active duty, they cannot be forced to start a required active-duty training period if its first day falls in the last 120 days of their required time in the Ready Reserve.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §10147

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(a)Except as specifically provided in regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, each person who is enlisted, inducted, or appointed in an armed force, and who becomes a member of the Ready Reserve under any provision of law except section 513 or 10145(b) of this title, shall be required, while in the Ready Reserve, to—
(1)participate in at least 48 scheduled drills or training periods during each year and serve on active duty for training of not less than 14 days (exclusive of traveltime) during each year; or
(2)serve on active duty for training not more than 30 days during each year.
(b)A member who has served on active duty for one year or longer may not be required to perform a period of active duty for training if the first day of that period falls during the last 120 days of the member’s required membership in the Ready Reserve.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 270(a) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation” in introductory provisions.

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. Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(5)(A), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2980, provided that: “section 10147(a) [10 U.S.C. 10147(a)], as added by paragraph (1), applies only to persons who were inducted, enlisted, or appointed in an armed force after August 9, 1955.”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 10147

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60