Ordering the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty

The order directs the Secretary of Defense to call up units and individual members of the Selected Reserve to active duty in support of the "Enhanced Department of Defense Counternarcotic Operation in the Western Hemisphere." No more than 200 Selected Reservists may be on active duty at any one time, and no individual may serve more than 365 consecutive days under this authority.

The order does not create any enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party, and implementation is subject to the availability of appropriations. Standard administrative carve-outs preserve existing agency authorities and the Office of Management and Budget's budgetary functions.

Members of the Selected Reserve — National Guard and Reserve component personnel not on full-time active duty — who may be called up by the Secretary of Defense to support the counternarcotic operation in the Western Hemisphere, capped at 200 personnel at any given time.

Reserve personnel called up lose their civilian employment protections for the duration and shift to active-duty pay and benefits. The 200-person cap and 365-day limit define the scope of the mobilization, setting concrete boundaries on how many reservists can be affected and for how long.

The Secretary of Defense holds discretion over which units and individual reservists to activate, within the 200-person concurrent cap. No subordinate reporting chain or phased implementation is specified — the authority is immediately operative upon signing. The 365-consecutive-day limit functions as a built-in sunset for each individual activation, and the overall mobilization is bounded by available appropriations.