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[CITE: 10USC10145]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                 PART I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER 1005--ELEMENTS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS
 
Sec. 10145. Ready Reserve: placement in

    (a) Each person required under law to serve in a reserve component 
shall, upon becoming a member, be placed in the Ready Reserve of his 
armed force for his prescribed term of service, unless he is transferred 
to the Standby Reserve under section 10146(a) of this title.
    (b) The units and members of the Army National Guard of the United 
States and of the Air National Guard of the United States are in the 
Ready Reserve of the Army and the Ready Reserve of the Air Force, 
respectively.
    (c) All Reserves assigned to units organized to serve as units and 
designated as units in the Ready Reserve are in the Ready Reserve.
    (d) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, 
any qualified member of a reserve component or any qualified retired 
enlisted member of a regular component may, upon his request, be placed 
in the Ready Reserve. However, a member of the Retired Reserve entitled 
to retired pay or a retired enlisted member of a regular component may 
not be placed in the Ready Reserve unless the Secretary concerned makes 
a special finding that the member's services in the Ready Reserve are 
indispensable. The Secretary concerned may not delegate his authority 
under the preceding sentence.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 
1994, 108 Stat. 2973.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 269(a)-(d) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-337, 
Sec. 1661(a)(2)(A).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 10147 of this title.
