Reserve Call-up, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel of ..., 94-1, July 30, 1975

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Page 3 - Section 511(d) is amended to read as follows: "(d) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy...
Page 25 - Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
Page 3 - Each person enlisted under this subsection shall perform an initial period of active duty for training of not less than four months to commence within 180 days after the date of that enlistment.
Page 26 - President determines and certifies to the Congress in writing that unavoidable military necessity respecting the safety of United States Armed Forces requires the continued use of such armed forces in the course of bringing about a prompt removal of such forces.
Page 3 - ... a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States...
Page 25 - The constitutional powers of the President as Commander in chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the...
Page 3 - No unit or member of a Reserve component may be ordered to active duty under this section to perform any of the functions authorized by chapter 15 or section 3500 or 8500 of this title, or to provide assistance to either the Federal Government or a State in time of a serious natural or manmade disaster, accident, or catastrophe.
Page 16 - Finally, if our total force has the flexibility to deploy rapidly in a crisis situation, we can reduce the chance of that force ever being needed for combat, and can assure ourselves of a better outcome if it is.
Page 27 - Insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of US Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations.
Page 29 - ... and around Southwest Asia. Further, under the stated authority, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, to order to active duty any units, and any individual members not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, of the Selected Reserve.

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