scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Directive applies to:

The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands (COCOMs), the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

The call or ordering to active duty of all categories of RC members, without the consent of the persons affected, under Sections 12301(a), 12301(b), 12302, 12304, and 331-335 of reference (b). 2.3. This Directive does not apply to the ordering to active duty of Coast Guard Reserve members by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE

This Directive:

Reissues reference (a) to update policy and responsibilities for mobilizing the Reserve component (RC).

Implements those provisions of law that pertain to the call or order of units and individual members of the RC to active duty in support of operational missions and contingency operations, during a national emergency, or in time of war, including war declared by the Congress.

Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for:

The calling or ordering to active duty and the managing of the RC during periods when members of the RC serve on active duty under Sections 12301(a), 12301(b), 12302, 12304, or 12406 of reference (b).

The ordering to active duty of RC volunteers under Section 12301(d) of reference (b) in support of operational missions, in contingency operations, during national emergencies, or in time of war, including war declared by the Congress.

Planning, preparing, and executing the mobilization and demobilization of RC units and members serving on active duty in support of operational missions, in contingency operations, during national emergencies, or in time of war.