Section 59June 27, 1991, Sec./Art. 59

Mobilization. – The utilization of the Reserve Force in times of emergency to meet threats to national security shall be through mobilization:

(1) Full Mobilization. - Full mobilization shall be through the joint act of Congress and the President. When full mobilization is ordered, all units of the Ready and Standby Reserves will be activated, the reservists constituting them are called to active duty, and the units activated are placed on operational readiness. All other reservist not assigned to any unit or those assigned to reserve pools shall be organized into replacement units;

(2) Partial Mobilization. - Partial Mobilization shall be through the joint act of Congress and the President. When partial mobilization is ordered, only the units of the Ready Reserve are necessary to meet the threat will be activated, the reservists assigned to these units are called to active duty and the activated units are placed on operational readiness. The president will specify the units to be activated; and

(3) Selective Mobilization. - Selective mobilization shall be by authority of the President. Selective mobilization may be ordered to meet a local threat or emergency situation. When so ordered, only selected units of the Ready Reserve of the Localities involved are activated and the reservist assigned to them are called to active duty; or active auxiliary units are organized and volunteer reservists are called to active auxiliary service for the purpose, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of national Defense may prescribed.