Characteristics and Duty Limitations of Service Members Transferring Between the Active and Reserve Components
Abstract
In 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) published a report, Assessment of DoD-Provided Healthcare for Members of the United States Armed Forces Reserve Components, that observed that service members were being discharged from the active component(AC) with medical conditions that limited their deployability and then affiliating with the reserve component (RC), thereby decreasing individual medical readiness rates (U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General, 2014). DoD IG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness describe its plan to establish guidance that directs the Services to establish criteria and procedures that will ensure AC service members who transfer into the Selected Reserve meet IMR requirements (U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General, 2014, p. 21).This report contains a review of DoD and service policies that define requirements for transfers from the AC to the RC and a description of how those policies are implemented, an analysis of the characteristics of service members who separated from the AC between FY 2010 and FY 2016 and later affiliated with the RC, and an analysis of duty limitations observed among AC to RC transfers. The analysis of duty limitations also includes a retrospective look at what information was available during the service members time in the AC that was related to the RC medical condition. Finally, the report concludes with a set of recommendations that, if implemented, should reduce the number of service members who transfer from the AC to the RC with medical conditions that limit their deployability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1118126
Entities
People
- Christina Panis
- Heather Krull
- Katherine Anania
- Philip Armour
Organizations
- RAND Corporation