United States Navy Reserve

The United States Navy Reserve is the reserve component of the United States Navy.

Related Topics:
Reserve component - United States Navy

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:As of 29 April 2005, President George W. Bush signed a bill to rename the United States Naval Reserve to United States Navy Reserve (Public Law 108-375)

Related Topics:
29 April - 2005 - President - George W. Bush - Bill - Public Law

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Prior service enlistees may be available to affiliate with the Navy Reserve in their active duty job and paygrade. Non-prior service enlistees first do five once-a-month weekends of preliminary training at a Navy Reserve Activity. During this time they obtain their uniforms, receive instruction as to how to wear them properly, and learn the fundamentals of military life, such as marching, saluting, naval history and regulations. After completing this preliminary course, recruits go through a shortened boot camp located at Great Lakes, Illinois (same location as Active Duty training) and qualify for a specific billet (job) in order to "make their rate permanent." Very few ratings are available to non-prior service personnel; based upon their skill sets, qualified members may start in the "Advanced Pay Grade" program. Although non-prior service recruits are paid from their very first day at the advanced pay grade, during the preliminary training phrase they are still "slick sleeves," not entitled to wear the "crow" signifying their rank until they successfully complete boot camp. Upon graduating from boot camp, these members may wear the appropriate stripes, reflecting their grade of E-3 (Seaman), E-4 (Petty Officer Third Class), or E-5 (Petty Officer Second Class). After graduating from boot camp and "A" school, the reservist usually trains at a Naval Reserve Center again to completel the final "Phase IV" requirements. After that, he or she is sent to a unit. For those in aviation specialties, drilling will take place at Naval Air Reserve facilities close to their home or school. Aviation specialties are unavailable to non-prior service enlistees at this time. Typically, the Reservist is required to drill one weekend every month, and spend a consecutive two-week period every year at a regular Navy base or on board a ship. While training either for just a weekend or during the two weeks, the reservist is considered on active duty and the full spectrum of rules and regulations, including the Uniform Code of Military Justice, apply.

Related Topics:
Boot camp - Billet - "A" school - Active duty - Uniform Code of Military Justice

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Reservists are called into active duty, or mobilized, as needed and are required to sign paperwork acknowledging this possibility upon enlistment. Since the terror attacks of 9/11, Reservists have been mobilized in large numbers. The Global War On Terror has even seen the first activation of a full USNR squadron since the Korean War, VFA-201, an F/A-18 Hornet squadron which deployed onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).

Related Topics:
9/11 - Global War On Terror - Korean War - F/A-18 Hornet - Squadron - USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

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The Naval Reserve consists of approximately 80,000 men and women which serve in nearly every State in the Union.

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