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Selected reserve Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Those units and individuals within the Ready Reserve designated by their respective Services and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as so essential to initial wartime missions that they have priority over all other Reserves. Selected Reservists actively participate in a Reserve Component training program. The Selected Reserve also includes persons performing initial active duty for training. See also Ready Reserve. (JP 4-05)
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Selected reserve Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Selected Reserve (also called SELRES, SR, or mistakenly Selective Reserve) is a term that describes both the members of a U.S. military Ready Reserve unit that are enrolled in the Ready Reserve program and the reserve unit that they are attached to. Selected Reserve members and units are considered to be in an active status.
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