Mobilization Spectrum
Mobilization is the process of preparing for war or other
emergencies by assembling and organizing personnel and materiel
for active military forces, activating or federalizing the
Reserve Component, extending terms of service, surging or
expanding the industrial base, and bringing the US Armed Forces
to a state of readiness for war or other national emergency.
Involuntary activation of the Reserve Component includes the
following categories of force activation:
Selective mobilization
is the mobilization, by the Congress of the President, of
Reserve Component units, Individual Ready Reservists (IRR), and
the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements
of a domestic emergency (Postal strike, flood, earthquake, etc.)
that does not involve a threat to the national security.
Presidential Selective Reserve Call-Up
(PSRC), the so-called "200K Call-up" is used to augment the
active force of all services with up to 200,000 soldiers of the
Selected Reserve for up to 270 days, for an operational mission
including Weapons of Mass Destruction (MWD) within the United
States.
Partial
mobilization
involves the mobilization by the President or Congress of not
more than 1,000,000 Ready Reservists (units and individual
reservists), for not longer than 24 months, along with the
resources needed for their support, to meet the requirements of
war or other national emergency involving an external threat to
the national security.
Full
mobilization
is the
mobilization by the Congress of all Reserve Component units in
the existing force structure, all individual, standby, and
retired reservists; retired military personnel, and the
resources needed for their support for the duration of a
declared emergency, plus six months, to meet the requirements of
a war or other national emergency involving an external threat
to the national security.
Total
mobilization
is the
expansion of the Armed Forces by the Congress and the President
to organize or generate additional units or personnel beyond the
existing force structure, and the resources needed for their
support, to meet the total requirements of a war or other
national emergency involving an external threat to the national
security.
Reserve
personnel are responsible for keeping their units informed of
current home and work addresses and telephone numbers. Normally,
when there is an alert, Reserve personnel will be notified by
telephone and given instructions. If the news media report the
mobilization of Reserve units, soldiers who have not been
personally notified should contact their units as soon as
possible.
Some units
will be mobilized and enter Active Duty a day or two after being
alerted. Other units may be alerted but not begin Active Duty
for several weeks.
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