By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 121 and 12304 of title 10, United States Code, I hereby determine that it is necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation Atlantic…

  • YuzuDrink
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    102 years ago

    Has there been no mention of why this happened? 3,000 doesn’t sound like that many compared to what I assume we already have in our active military. Like why is it necessary to call up reservists rather than shuffling around some units from other places?

    • Calcharger
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      112 years ago

      Could be a specialty that they need to do some training over there, just speculating though.