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12 § 267. Ready Reserve; Standby Reserve; Retired Reserve: placement and status of members (a) There are in each armed force a Ready Reserve, a Standby Reserve, and a Retired Reserve. Each Reserve shall be placed in one of those categories. (b) Reserves who are on the inactive status list of a reserve component, or who are assigned to the inactive Army National Guard or the inactive Air National Guard, are in an inactive status. Members in the Retired Reserve are in a retired status. All other Reserves are in an active status. §268. Ready Reserve The Ready Reserve consists of units or Reserves, or both, liable for active duty as provided in sections 672 and 673 of this title. The authorized strength of the Ready Reserve is 1,500,000. § 269. Ready Reserve: placement i n; transfer from (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 eligible to transfer to the Standby Reserve under subsection (e). (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, respectivel^r(c) AU 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 Reserve may, upon his request, be placed in the Ready Reserve. (e) Except in time of war or of national emergency declared by Congress, a Reserve who is not on active duty, or who is on active duty for training, shall, upon his request, be transferred to the Standby Reserve for the rest of his term of service, if— (1) he served on active duty (other than for training) in the armed forces for an aggregate of at least five years; (2) he served on active duty (other than for training) in the armed forces for an aggregate of less than five years, but satisfactorily participated, as determined by the Secretary concerned, in an accredited training program in the Ready Reserve for a period which, when added to his period of active duty (other than for training), totals at least five years, or such shorter period as the Secretary concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Secretary of a military department, may prescribe for satisfactory participation in an accredited training program designated by the Secretary concerned; (3) he served on active duty (other than for training) in the armed forces for an aggregate of at least 12 months after December 6, 1941, and before September 3, 1945, and for an aggregate of at least 12 months after June 25, 1950; or (4) he was a member of one or more reserve components for an aggregate of at least eight years after September 2, 1945.
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