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10 U.S. Code § 688 - Retired members: authority to order to active duty; duties
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(a)Authority.—
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member described in subsection (b) may be ordered to
active dutyby the Secretary of the military
department concerned at any time.
(b)Covered Members.—Except as provided in subsection (d), subsection (a) applies to the following members of the
armed forces:
(1)
A retired member of the
Regular Army,RegularNavy,Regular Air Force, or
RegularMarine Corps.
(2)
A member of the Retired
Reserve who was retired under section
1293,
7311,
7314,
8323,
9311, or
9314 of this title.
(3)
A member of the Fleet
Reserve or Fleet
Marine CorpsReserve.
For that matter, even if you’ve never served you might be in the frag pattern….