Ready Reserve: placement in; transfer from

§ 269. Ready Reserve: placement in; 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, respectively. (c) All 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. 13 This subsection does not apply to a member of the Ready Reserve while he is serving under an agreement to remain in the Ready Reserve for a stated period. (f) Subject to subsection (g), a member in the Ready Reserve may be transferred to the Standby Reserve or, if he is qualified and so requests, to the Retired Reserve, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Secretary of a military department, may prescribe. (g) A member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard or the United States may be transferred to the Standby Reserve only with the consent of the governor or other appropriate authority of the State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia, whichever is concerned.