WS-27 Citizen Airmen: The total Force (Read also AU-24 p. 127-131)

Question 1

1. Define each Reserve category.

Answer 1

a. Ready Reserve
i. Consists of units and individuals subject to be ordered to active duty to augment the Active Forces in time of war or national emergency
b. Standby Reserve
i. Personnel who have completed all obligated or required service or have been removed from the Ready Reserve due to circumstances of civilian employment, ineligibility for mobilization, temporary hardship, or disability.
c. Retired Reserve
i. Personnel who receive retired pay or personnel placed in a retired status based on completion of 20 or more qualifying years of individual or combined Reserve and Active component service but have not reached age sixty.

Question 2

2. Identify the categories that make up the Ready Reserves.

Answer 2

a. Selected Reserve
i. Units and individuals designated by the AF and the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, as essential to wartime missions.
b. Individual Ready Reserve
i. Manpower pool of pre-trained individuals who have already served with some part of their Military Service Obligation remaining.
c. Inactive National Guard
i. Do not train, and not attached to any specific unit.

Question 3

3. Describe the impact of the Militia Clause on the ANG. [* WS REVIEW].

Answer 3

a. NATIONAL GUARD WILL EXIST PER THE CONSTITION

Question 4

4. Explain how the ANG differs constitutionally from the USAF [* WS REVIEW].

Answer 4

a. THE DUAL STATE and federal mission comes from the US Constitution and the US Code of Laws

Question 5

5. State the dual mission of the ANG.

Answer 5

a. Federal (Primary)
i. To provide trained units and qualified persons available for active duty in the armed forces
b. State (Secondary)
i. To provide trained and equipped units & individuals to protect life, property, and preserve peace, order and public safety

Question 6

6. State the chains of command for the AFRC and the ANG. P. 284

Answer 6

a. Reserve
i. President, SecDef, Secretary of the AF – AF COS – Commander AFRC MAJCOM
b. ANG
i. Federal: PRESIDENT, SECDEF, Secretary of the AF – AF COS – State AG – State Air Units
ii. State: State Governor – State AG – State Air Units
iii. STATE GOVERNOR NOT IN FEDERAL CHAIN OF COMMAND

Question 7

7. Identify the categories of Reserve accessibility.

Answer 7

a. Full mobilization
b. Partial mobilization
i. 1 million Ready Reserve max, 24 month max.
ii. President must declare national emergency
c. Presidential Selected Reserve call-up. President must notify congress.
d. STATE GOVERNOR NOT IN FEDERAL CHAIN OF COMMAND.