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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§12319 Ready Reserve: Muster Duty

Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART II — PERSONNEL GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1209 — ACTIVE DUTY › § 12319

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can order a Ready Reserve member to do muster duty one time each year without their consent. They must do at least two hours of muster duty that day, and the total time spent on the duty, including travel there and back, cannot be more than one day in a calendar year. Muster duty and the travel for it count the same as inactive-duty training for the purposes of this title and for Titles 37 (except section 206(a)) and 38, including rules about who is eligible for benefits and pay for Reservists and their dependents and survivors. But muster duty does not count toward entitlement to, or in calculating, retired pay under chapter 1223.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §12319

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of the Ready Reserve may be ordered without his consent to muster duty one time each year. A member ordered to muster duty under this section shall be required to perform a minimum of two hours of muster duty on the day of muster.
(b)The period which a member may be required to devote to muster duty under this section, including round-trip travel to and from the location of that duty, may not total more than one day each calendar year.
(c)Except as specified in subsection (d), muster duty (and travel directly to and from that duty) under this section shall be treated as the equivalent of inactive-duty training (and travel directly to and from that training) for the purposes of this title and the provisions of title 37 (other than section 206(a)) and title 38, including provisions relating to the determination of eligibility for and the receipt of benefits and entitlements provided under those titles for Reserves performing inactive-duty training and for their dependents and survivors.
(d)Muster duty under this section shall not be credited in determining entitlement to, or in computing, retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(e)(2), renumbered section 687 of this title as this section. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1675(c)(10), substituted “1223” for “67”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 10001 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 12319

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102