I have been advised of the provisions of 38 S.C. 3103 concerning possible nonentitleent to benefits administered by the Vetans Administration due to discharge from e military service as a conscientious objecrunder certain conditions. I understand at a discharge as a conscientious objector, ho refused to perform military duty or othwise to comply with lawful orders of cometent military authority, shall bar all ghts, based upon the period of service from hich discharged, under any laws adminisred by the Veterans Administration except y legal entitlement (if any) to any war sks, government (converted) or National rvice Life Insurance.

15.11 Statement

(counseling concerning designation as conscientious objector).

I have been counseled concerning designaon as a conscientious objector. Based on y religious training and belief, I consider yself to be a conscientious objector within e meaning of the statute and regulations werning conscientious objectors and am nscientiously opposed to participation in mbatant training and service. I request asgnment to noncombatant duties for the reainder of my term of service. I fully underand that on expiration of my current term service I am not eligible for voluntary enstment, reenlistment, or active service in Armed Forces.

PART 76-MOBILIZATION OF THE READY RESERVE

Reissuance and purpose. Applicability and scope.

Definitions.

Legal authority.

5 Policy.

6 Mobilization procedures.

7 Responsibilities.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 280, 70A Stat. 14; 10 U.S.C.

SOURCE: 51 FR 44462, Dec. 10, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

876.1 Reissuance and purpose.

This part reissues 32 CFR part 76 and establishes DoD policy for planning and procedures for executing mobilization of the Ready Reserve, in compliance with DoD Master Mobilization Plan (MMP), June 26, 1982.

§76.2 Applicability and scope.

This part:

(a) Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD); the Military Departments and the Coast Guard (by agreement with the Department of Transportation) including the National Guard and Reserve Components; the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (OJCS); and the Defense Agencies.

(b) Applies to all mobilization of the Ready Reserve. The Ready Reserve comprises units and individuals liable for involuntary order to active duty under sections 672 and 673.

(c) Does not cover the ordering or calling of National Guard units or individuals to duty while under control of State Governments.

(d) Does not cover the involuntary ordering of Coast Guard Reserve units or individuals to active duty in response to domestic emergencies while under the Secretary of Transportation. $76.3 Definitions.

Activation. Order to active duty (other than for training) in the Federal service.

Active Guard/Reserve (AGR) Personnel. National Guard and Reserve members on full-time duty for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the National Guard and Reserve Components and who are paid from the reserve personnel appropriations of the Military Departments.

F-hour. The effective time of an announcement by the Secretary concerned of a decision to mobilize reserve units.

M-day. The day on which mobilization commences or is due to com

mence.

Military technicians. Dual status Federal civilian employees of a Military

Department who are assigned to provide support to the National Guard or Reserve Components and are concurrently members in the Selected Reserve of the organization they support.

Mobilization. The process by which the Armed Forces or part of them are brought to a state of readiness for war or other national emergency. This includes activating all or part of the Reserve Components as well as assembling and organizing personnel, supplies, and material. Mobilization of the Armed Forces includes but is not limited to the following categories.

(1) Full mobilization. Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to mobilize all Reserve Component units in the existing approved force structure, all individual reservists, retired military personnel, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security.

(2) Partial mobilization. Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress (up to full mobilization) or by the President (not more than 1,000,000) to mobilize Ready Reserve Component units, Individual

Ready Reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security.

(3) Selective mobilization. Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and/or the President to mobilize Reserve Component units, Individual Ready Reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a domestic emergency that is not the result of an enemy attack.

(4) Total mobilization. Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to organize and/or generate additional units or personnel, beyond the existing force structure, and the resources needed for their support, to meet the total requirement of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security.

Ready Reserve. Organized in units or as individuals, members of the Ready Reserve are liable for order to active

duty to augment the active forces in time of war or national emergency The Ready Reserve consists of the Se lected Reserve, the Individual Read Reserve and the Inactive Nationa Guard.

(1) Inactive National Guard (ING). Th ING consists of personnel of the Arm National Guard Ready Reserve who ar in an inactive status. The term is no applicable to the Air National Guard ING members are attached to Nationa Guard units, but do not participate i training activities. Upon mobilization they would mobilize with their units To remain members of the ING, suc personnel must muster once a yea with the assigned unit. In accordanc with 32 CFR part 4, ING personnel ar in reserve training category II.

(2) Individual Ready Reserve (IRR The IRR is a manpower pool pri cipally consisting of individuals wh have had training and have previous! served in the active forces or in the S lected Reserve. The IRR consists of of ligors and non-obligors who have fu filled their military service obligation IRR members are liable for involuntar active duty for training and fulfillmer of mobilization requirements in a cordance with title 10, U.S. Code, se tion 673. In addition, the IRR also in cludes some personnel who are partic pating in officer training programs in the Armed Forces Health Schola ship Program. All IRR members are i an active status. In accordance wit part 4 of this title, IRR members in clude reserve training categories RE RH, RJ, and RK.

Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserv consists of those units and individual within the Ready Reserve designate by their respective services and ap proved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff a so essential to initial wartime mission that they have priority over all othe reserves. The Selected Reserve consist of subcategories defined as follows:

(1) Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMAS). Individual members of the Se lected Reserve not assigned to a Re serve Component unit. These reservists are trained and preassigned to an ac tive force organization, Selective Serv ice, or Federal Emergency Manage ment Agency billet that must be filled on or shortly after mobilization. IMAS

participate in training activities on a part-time basis in preparation for mobilization. In accordance with 32 CFR part 4 trained individuals include reserve training categories TB, TR, and TW.

(2) Selected Reserve units. Units manned and equipped to serve and/or train as operational or augmentation inits. Operational units train and serve as units. Augmentation units train as a unit but lose their unit idenaty when mobilized, being subsumed nto an active unit or activity. Seected Reserve units include trained init members who participate in unit raining activities, and Full-Time Suport (FTS) personnel in the Active luard/Reserve and Military Techniians. In accordance with 32 CFR part members of Selected Reserve units nclude reserve training categories SA, G, SH, and ST.

(3) Training pipeline. Selected Reserve ersonnel who have not yet completed nitial active duty training or are waiting initial active duty training. n accordance with 32 CFR part 4 those n the training pipeline include reserve raining categories UF, UP, UQ, and X.

76.4 Legal authority.

Title 10 U.S. Code 672 and 673 provide uthority for mobilization of the Ready Reserve. Specific authorities are ested in the President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of ransportation, and the Secretaries of he Military Departments. Appropriate uthority must be obtained from the President, Congress, or Secretary conerned before mobilization actions may De started.

76.5 Policy.

DoD policy directs an increasing reliance on the Ready Reserve to meet wartime requirements. In certain contingencies, plans call for the deployment of some Selected Reserve units and individuals before active units. The Selected Reserve, as a subset of the Ready Reserve, shall receive priority in manning, training, and equipment programs when Selected Reserve units and individuals deploy before active units. DoD policy for mobilization of the Ready Reserve is organized under the

three major categories of manpower, training, and equipment.

(a) Manpower. Achieving manpower goals for both active and Reserve Components is essential for an effective mobilization process. Personnel shortages and military skill imbalances affect wartime capabilities of the total force, not just the DoD Component possessing such deficiencies. DoD manpower policy is as follows:

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(1) Achieve and maintain pretrained manpower pool adequate to staff all shortfalls in active and Reserve Component units to wartime levels of programmed manning within the time specified in mobilization and deployment plans.

(2) Have members of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) affiliated or preassigned with units of the active or reserve forces, when practicable, insofar as it would enhance refresher training, rapid deployment, and effective utilization in a war or national emergency.

(3) Achieve an annual aggregate operating strength population in the Reserve Components that possesses skill, grade, and experience qualifications represented in the programmed manning requirements.

(4) Program resources for maximizing the effectiveness and for improving the management of the pretrained manpower pool, including the IRR and the Inactive National Guard (ING).

(b) Training. Effective utilization of the total force requires the rapid assimilation of Reserve Component units and individuals into active service in a mobilization. This may be accomplished only if requisite training has occurred before the event. DoD policy is as follows:

(1) Ensure that early deploying Reserve Component units are trained fully in their wartime taskings and are capable of attaining requisite readiness status before the deployment time specified by contingency plans.

(2) Ensure that Reserve Component individuals and units are trained appropriately for augmenting active forces on mobilization.

(3) Determine IRR skill proficiency degradation and conduct skill refresher training.

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(4) Ensure that Ready Reserve training and evaluating procedures are consistent with standards established for the active force.

(5) Ensure that training cadres are equipped and prepared for mobilization training base programs supporting the total force after M-Day.

(c) Equipment. Equipment compatibility among total force components is a battlefield imperative. Active and Reserve Component units deploying at the same time shall have equal claim on equipment inventories; i.e., the first units scheduled to become operational in theater shall be equipped first regardless whether active or Reserve Component. Equipment policy applies equally to tools, technical documentation, spares and repair parts, and all items of supply that are prescribed for unit issue. DoD policy is to ensure the following:

(1) Procuring and distributing new and/or combat serviceable equipment is consistent with DoD policy guidance in DoD Directive 1225.6.1

among reserve and active units serving together on the battlefield when interoperability of the respective equipment is essential for effective military operations.

(3) Equipment on hand is adequate for enabling reserve units to conduct effective training before mobilization.

(4) Plans are developed to redistribute those assets left in the Continental United States (CONUS) by units deploying to prepositioned stocks on mobilization, to procure and distribute sufficient assets for not-fully-equipped units before the deployment time specified in contingency plans.

§ 76.6 Mobilization procedures.

(a) Planning. Use of the Ready Reserve must consider the entire crisis spectrum. Plans for mobilizing the Ready Reserve must be flexible, consistent, responsive, and sufficiently comprehensive for meeting all contingencies and employment options. Mobilization plans and procedures must:

1 Copies may be obtained, if needed, from the U.S. Naval Publications and Forms Center, Attn: Code 301, 5801 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120.

(1) Provide for fully developed plan of Ready Reserve mobilization includ ing each reserve category in the Read Reserve; i.e., Selected Reserve, IRF and ING.

(2) Enhance the readiness of Read Reserve units and individuals so the may respond rapidly and effectively.

(3) Encompass all actions necessar for warning, alerting, and mobilizin Ready Reserve units and individual and for bringing them rapidly to fu combat capability.

(4) Specify authorizations, respo sibilities, and coordination of decision required for alerting, mobilizing. d ploying, and employing Ready Reser units and individuals.

(5) Provide sufficient flexibility i the mobilization decision and exec tion process for accommodating rap changes.

(6) Include appropriate provisions f using National Guard and Ready R serve members on a voluntary bas during the early stages of increasin tensions.

(7) Include appropriate provisions t facilitate employing mobilized N tional Guard and other Reserve Comp nent force in support of civil protectic where authorized by Federal Statu and directed by the National Commar Authority.

(b) Screening. 32 CFR part 44 provide guidance on screening members of th Ready Reserve. The screening syste is a continuous peacetime process an the primary means for ensuring tha reserve members receive fair treatmen and are evaluated on their mobilizatio responsibilities. The screening proces shall be used to identify members no meeting mobilization requirements an to eliminate them from the Ready Re serve before mobilization. On mobiliza tion, all members remaining in th Ready Reserve shall be considered in mediately available for active dut service.

(c) Alert notification. An official ad tion informing commands, staffs, mem bers of Selected Reserve units, and in dividual reservists that mobilization i imminent or seems imminent. Eac Military Service shall publish proce dures for alerting any or all of it Ready Reserve and for systematicall executing the mobilization order

Based on a decision by the President and or the Congress, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the Military Departments to mobilize all or any specified number of reservists (F-Hour) and shall determine the day that mobilization is to begin (M-Day). The Secretary of Transportation shall perform this function for the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is not operating as a Service in the Navy.

(d) Ordering. An official notification directing members of a Reserve Component to report for active duty is a legal order whether written or oral. Each Military Service shall establish procedures for notifying Ready Reserve members by the simplest and fastest means consistent with military and security requirements. When ordered, a member shall report for active duty at the location and time specified in the notification order. Under title 10, U.S. Code, section 892, persons lawfully notified of the requirement to report for active duty are subject to military jurisdiction from the date and time they are required to report.

(e) Reporting. When mobilization is ordered, all members of the Ready Reserve shall report to their respective units or initial reporting assignment unless it is physically impossible. Members shall be available to report for active duty in the times specified below, unless a different reporting time is specified by the Military Service concerned. Military Services shall develop policy and procedures to deal with members who fail to report or fail to contact their units within specified reporting times.

(1) Selected Reserve. Report within 24 hours of notification.

(2) Individual Ready Reserve/Inactive National Guard. Report within 5 to 15 days of notification as determined by the different Military Service procedures.

(f) Execution of Orders. All Ready Reserve members shall be prepared to execute mobilization orders when ordered to active duty. To ensure reporting times are met, members shall arrange in advance the handling of family, personal, business and other responsibilities. While circumstances may hinder an individual from reporting as directed, no member of the

Ready Reserve shall be exempt from mobilization. Military Services shall develop specific procedures to deal with members having difficulty in mobilizing. Those persons having difficulty in executing mobilization orders due to unusual circumstances shall be guided by the following:

(1) Deferments. Members physically unable to report for active duty or who cannot qualify for active duty service because of temporary health disorders may be granted a deferment. This category includes Ready Reserve members who are hospitalized, unqualified temporarily for active duty for medical reasons, or incarcerated temporarily. When a deferment is granted, it shall contain written authorization and shall specify a reporting date. Members authorized a deferment shall remain obligated to enter active duty while the mobilization order remains in effect. Deferments shall not be authorized for civilian employment, civilian occupation, or for exempting members from active duty. No categories or groups shall be granted an automatic deferment except non-prior Service members with a reporting date for initial active duty.

(2) Emergency leave. Members with temporary personal emergencies such as death of a family member may be granted a short period of emergency leave, but only after physically reporting for active duty and receiving proper authorization.

(3) Separation. Continuous screening in peacetime ensures the transfer or discharge of Ready Reserve members who may not mobilize. On mobilization all members shall report for active duty as ordered. Once on active duty, a member with an unexpected hardship may request release, separation, or discharge. Services shall evaluate each request utilizing the policies established for evaluating active duty members.

(g) Integrity of units. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 672(c) provides that, "so far as practicable, during any expansion of the active Armed Forces that requires that units and members of the Reserve Components be ordered to active duty (other than for training), members of units organized and trained to serve as units, who are ordered to that duty without their consent, shall