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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§10147 Ready Reserve: Training Requirements

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who enlist, are drafted, or are appointed and then join the Ready Reserve must meet yearly training rules unless the Secretary of Defense or, for the Coast Guard when it is not part of the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security sets other rules, or unless they joined under section 513 or 10145(b). Each year they must either do at least 48 scheduled drills and at least 14 days of active-duty training (travel time not counted), or serve on active-duty training for no more than 30 days. If a member has already served on active duty for one year or longer, they cannot be required to start an active-duty training period that falls within the last 120 days of their required Ready Reserve membership.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §10147

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102