Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation
Headline: Orders Ready Reserve to Active Duty and Delegates Authorities
What it does: The Departments of Defense and Transportation must activate Ready Reserve members for up to 24 months and use delegated personnel authorities to manage military staffing.
- Mobilizes Ready Reserve members into active duty for up to 24 months.
- Allows recall of retired Coast Guard members and extended detention of enlisted.
- Permits suspension of promotion, retirement, and force-size limits for officers.
Summary
This order allows the government to call Ready Reserve members to active military service for up to 24 consecutive months in response to the terrorist attacks and the ongoing threat.
It gives the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation permission to suspend certain personnel rules, manage officer promotions and force levels, recall retired Coast Guard members, and detain enlisted members beyond their enlistment, and it allows the Defense Department to treat the cost of extra troops as an emergency expense.
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