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2-3. Reserve Components Statutory Foundation

a. Presidential Executive Orders, governed by DoD Instruction 1235.12, (Accessing the Reserve
Components), applicable to Department of Defense and Army Policies is the implementation
regulation and instruction of laws and US Code to activate, mobilized and deploy Selective
Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) to active duty.

b. When the President has ordered members of the Selected Reserve and the IRR, to active
duty, they will be activated or mobilized according to:
1) 10 United States Code (USC) 12301, Reserve Components (RC)
2) 10 USC 12302, Ready Reserve
3) 10 USC 12304, Selected Reserve and certain Individual Ready Reserve members

c. The period of active duty specified in initial orders to active duty will not normally exceed:
1) 400 days for 12302
2) 365 days for 12304

d. Units and individual Soldiers will normally demobilize from the same installation that
processed them to active duty. Units or individual Soldiers ordered to active duty per 10 USC
12304 may be released from active duty prior to completion of the period of service for which
ordered. Ordering units and members of the RC to active duty in accordance with sections 688,
12301(a), 12301(b), 12302, 12304, 12304a, 12304b, 12406, 331-333, or 335 of Title 10, United
States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (d)).
Ordering members of the RC to active duty with the consent of that member in accordance with
section 12301(d) in crises, RC forces may be required immediately. The procedures in this
instruction will determine if requirement to activation with less than 30 days' notice is.

2-4. Voluntary Active Duty ISO Contingency Operations

Voluntary Active Duty: 10 USC 12301d – Reserve members may volunteer for active
duty in support of contingency operations where the force requestor has a DA G-3/5/7 validated
requirement. The Soldier may serve in CONUS, OCONUS or in a theater.
Tour of Duty will All voluntary requests for active duty in support of contingency operations are
processed in Tour of Duty; except for retiree recalls. They must fill out a paperwork and submit
to HRC. WEB SITE
MEDICAL: 10 USC 12301h – Voluntary active duty for the purpose of medical evaluation
and treatment. Reserve members may volunteer for active duty if a medical condition developed
or was aggravated by activities while serving on a previous mobilization or active duty period.
ARNG Soldiers must be released by their state to serve on voluntary active duty. See AR 40-
58, Warrior Care and Transition Program, section 6-4 for more information. (This is a
placeholder for MEDCOM references)
Sanctuary: 10 USC 12686 - The provisions of 10 USC 12686 (sanctuary) provides that a
Reserve Soldier on active duty (except for training), who upon attaining 18 years, but less than
20 years of active service, may not be involuntarily released from active duty before the Soldier
attains 20 years of active service unless the Secretary of the Army or his designee approves the
release.

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