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DEPLOYMENTWhat do I need to know about Deployment? The Guard and Reserve Family Readiness Program Toolkit is an important asset now available to families of service members being called to active Duty or Deploying. The item is available as a printed product and on the Internet at www.defenselink.mil/ra/family/toolkit. The toolkit is a standardized pre-deployment and mobilization handbook. It is an attempt to standardize information between services and the reserve component, so they can all use the same language when talking about deployment preparations. A list of helpful information can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/ra/familyreadiness.html. With the tool kit is another helpful website, the “Guard and Reserve Family Readiness Schedule of Events: at www.defenselink.mil/ra/calendar. The calendar lists family readiness training sites for the services. Finally the site also has a “Guide to Reserve Family Member Benefits.” The booklet explains available military benefits, including medical and dental benefits, commissary and exchange privileges, military pay and allowances and re-employment rights. Important Documents The documents in the file below should be reviewed periodically by all National Guard families. Special attention and preparation should be taken prior to any temporary Active Duty or deployment to include Inactive Duty Training (IDT), Annual Training (AT) and State Active Duty (SAD). PLEASE SIT DOWN WITH YOUR HUSBAND/WIFE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR OTHER IMPORTANT FAMILY MEMBERS AND GATHER THIS INFORMATION AND THESE DOCUMENTS. THE HOUR YOU SPEND GOING OVER THIS WILL SAVE YOU TIME LATER ON.
Family Readiness Checklist
These questions should be answered periodically by all National Guard families. Special attention and preparation should be taken prior to any temporary Active Duty or deployment to include Inactive Duty Training (IDT), Annual Training (AT) and State Active Duty (SAD). A convenient checklist can be printed by opening the link below.
OPERATION R.E.A.D.Y (Resources for Educating About Deployment and You) curriculum is a series of training modules published for the Army as a resource for Army Community Service staff in training Army families who are faced with deployments. Pages 33 through 46 should be of particular interest to Army Reserve and Army National Guard families.
The Army Leaders’ Desk Reference for Soldier/Family Readiness is designed for commanders and leaders to give them a handle on family readiness. In a clear and forthright manner, it presents the key elements in a unit’s family readiness responsibilities.
THE 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 or 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 service members 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, service members 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. OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESERVE COMPONENT
The Ready Reserve Ready Reserve includes Reservists in the: Selected Reserve (SelRes) Guard/Reserve Units, Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMAs), Active Guard/Reserve Personnel Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), and Inactive National Guard (ING). “The Ready Reserve consists of units or individuals, or both, liable for active duty under the provisions of 10 USC 12301 and 12302. The Ready Reserve is comprised of the Selected Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) / Inactive National Guard (ING).” –10 USC 10142 The Selected Reserve (SelRes) comprised of Reserve/Guard Units. Unit members are Guard/Reserve personnel assigned to Reserve organizations that perform in drill periods and annual training as a minimum. Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMAs) Individual Mobilization Augmentees are Reserve personnel assigned to Active component organizations who perform in drill periods and annual training. IMAs are specially qualified members of the Selected Reserve assigned to critical wartime positions in the Department of Defense or other agencies. The IMA service member trains a minimum of 12 consecutive days each year in his or her assigned position. As members of the Selected Reserve, IMAs are subject to the Presidential 200,000 call-up authority. Assignment orders to IMA positions include mobilization instructions. IMAs are mobilized when contracted by the agency or unit, or notified through the national news media. Active Guard/Reserve (AGR) Active Guard/Reserve (AGR) are Reserve personnel on full-time active duty or full-time National Guard duty who provide support to the Reserve Components. All Members of the Selected Reserve are in an active status. –10 USC 10143 Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), a manpower pool in the Ready Reserve, primarily consists of individuals who have had training, have served previously in the Active component or the Selected Reserve, and have some period of a military obligation remaining. IRR members are in an active status, but do not perform regularly scheduled training. Service members with a remaining military service obligation who transfer to the IRR from Active Duty or from the Reserve Components, or who volunteer to continue membership in the IRR after completing a military service obligation, can be mobilized during a national emergency declared by the President or Congress. At any time, the IRR can be activated involuntarily for up to 15 days a year. ITT members receive mobilization orders through the Western Union Mailgram System. Inactive National Guard (ING) Inactive National Guard (ING) consists of National Guard personnel attached to a specific National Guard unit in an inactive status. ING members do not perform training, but will be ordered to Active Duty with the unit to which they are assigned in accordance with AR 614-1 and accompany their unit to the Mobilization Station. Standby Reserve The Standby Reserve is Reserve personnel who maintain their military affiliation without being in the Ready Reserve (10 USC 10151). They are subject to involuntary active duty under full mobilization (10 USC 12301a) Status Lists in the Standby Reserve. Active Status List: Reservists assigned to Standby Reserve for temporary hardship or other cogent reasons, or who have been identified as “key employees” in their civilian position. The Inactive Status List is Reservists who are not required to remain in an active program and who maintain their Reserve affiliation in a non-participating status. Retired Reserve The Retired Reserve is all Reserve officers and enlisted personnel who are otherwise eligible for retired pay but are not yet age 60, have not elected discharge, and are not voluntary members of the Ready or Standby Reserve. Retired Reservists may be ordered to active duty whenever required as determined by the Secretary of the Military Department (10 USC 688).
Full-Time Support There are four categories of Full-Time Support: Active Guard/Reserve (AGRs), Military Technicians (MilTechs), Civil Service (CS), and Active Component (AC).
Military Technician Military Technicians are full-time civilian employee of the Army and Air Force National Guard and Reserve Required. They are a drilling member of the Selected Reserve as a condition of civilian employment. Loss of military position equals loss of civilian position. Serves in three ways: performs full time military work in a civilian status in his/her unit, performs military training and duty with his/her unit, and mobilizes with his/her military unit. Reserve Mobilization Authorities
Note: Service Secretaries may involuntarily call up Retirees at any time under the provision of 10 USC 688. |
