Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty
Headline: Orders Up to 3,000 Reservists to Active Duty
What it does: Military leaders are directed to activate up to 3,000 reservists, including up to 450 individual ready reservists, for Operation Atlantic Resolve.
- Up to 3,000 reservists may be called to active duty at once.
- As many as 450 Individual Ready Reserve members may be activated.
- Coast Guard members may be ordered under Homeland Security when not serving with the Navy.
Summary
This order lets military leaders call members of the Selected Reserve and certain Individual Ready Reserve members to active duty to support Operation Atlantic Resolve in and around the U.S. European Command area. It limits activation to no more than 3,000 total members at a time, and caps Individual Ready Reserve activations at 450.
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security (for the Coast Guard when not part of the Navy) may issue these orders; the order says it does not create enforceable legal rights.
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