Ordering the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
Headline: Orders Selected Reserve Members to Active Duty for Counternarcotics
What it does: The Secretary of Defense must order up to 200 Selected Reservists to active duty for up to 365 consecutive days to support the named counternarcotics mission.
- Up to 200 reservists can be activated and serve up to one year.
- Increases military involvement in drug-interdiction operations across the Western Hemisphere.
- Activations depend on applicable law and available appropriations before taking effect.
Summary
This order directs the Secretary of Defense to call members of the Selected Reserve to active duty to augment the regular Armed Forces for the "Enhanced Department of Defense Counternarcotic Operation in the Western Hemisphere." Up to 200 Selected Reservists may be activated at any one time, each for no more than 365 consecutive days. The order requires implementation consistent with applicable law and available funding and states it does not create new legal rights.
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