§20104 Orders to Active Duty: with Consent of Member

Summary

Space Force members who are in active status but not on sustained duty, or who are in inactive status, can be ordered to active duty or kept on active duty if they agree. That can be done under chapter 1209 sections 12301(d), 12301(h), 12322, and 12323, which cover orders with the member’s consent, orders for medical or health care reasons, active duty for health care, and active duty while a sexual‑assault line‑of‑duty decision is made. When ordered this way, the Space Force member gets the same treatment as a reserve member under chapter 1209 sections 12308, 12309, 12313, 12314, 12315, 12316, 12318, 12320, and 12321. Those sections deal with things like retention after qualifying for retired pay, use of reserve officers, release from active duty, kinds of duty, pay rules, duties and funding, grade for orders, and limits on reserve members in ROTC units.