Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Individual Ready Reserve Members of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
Orders Reserve Members to Active Duty for Ebola Response
What it does
Agencies must order Selected Reserve units and certain Individual Ready Reserve members to active duty to support Operation United Assistance.
Real-world impact
- Mobilizes reservists for overseas Ebola response in West Africa.
- Increases active-duty force levels and possible short-term deployments.
- Authorizes ending reserve status for members ordered to active duty.
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Summary
This order authorizes senior military officials to call up members of the Selected Reserve and certain individuals in the Individual Ready Reserve to active duty. It aims to increase the active armed forces to support Operation United Assistance, which provides humanitarian and consequence-management help related to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Those affected include reservists who may be assigned to overseas missions and the departments that oversee them, including the department that manages the Coast Guard. The order allows officials to activate these reservists and to terminate their reserve status while they serve.
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