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To: Bilow who wrote (59891)	12/5/2002 2:23:19 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Does the SecDef always have twice a week meetings about calling up the Reserves for a War-That-Will-Never-Happen? nytimes.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Pentagon Is Set to Activate Thousands More Reservists By ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 — The Pentagon is preparing for a major call-up of National Guard and Reserve troops, a move that would fill military jobs that would be critical if the United States goes to war against Iraq, Defense Department officials said today. The size and timing of the mobilizations hinges heavily on Iraq's response to the United Nations resolution requiring Baghdad to disarm, and the pace of the international arms inspections. In what is likely to be only the first wave of new call-ups, the Pentagon is expected in the next several days to activate as many as 10,000 reservists, mainly military police units, for security duty here and abroad, officials said. They would join the 50,755 reservists now mobilized for the defense of the United States after Sept. 11 and for the war in Afghanistan. But if President Bush orders an attack against Iraq, the Pentagon has plans to summon to active duty roughly as many reservists as it did during the Persian Gulf war in 1991, when about 265,000 members of the National Guard and Reserves were called up. No final decisions have been made on these larger mobilizations, officials said. "Activating reserves is significant because it will affect every community in America, and it sends a signal that the president is serious," a senior military official said. As Pentagon officials considered the Reserve issue, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz asked NATO nations in Brussels to contribute forces to an American-led military campaign to oust President Saddam Hussein. In another effort to build a broad international coalition, the White House today invited the leader of the largest party in Turkey's new governing coalition to meet with President Bush next week. [Page A27.] Asked by reporters today to assess the progress of weapons inspections in Iraq, Mr. Bush said it was too early to tell whether Mr. Hussein would comply. But he expressed deep skepticism, saying Mr. Hussein was "not somebody who looks like he's interested in complying with disarmament." The Pentagon and the White House are handling the Reserve issue with great care. When and whom to mobilize are tricky, officials said. Defense officials want to mobilize reservists early enough to allow commanders to move quickly if President Bush orders an attack against Iraq. They also want to honor as best they can the Pentagon's policy of giving reservists 30 days' notice before mobilizing, to allow them to get their affairs in order and for their employers to find replacements. "What we try to do is always give a 30-day notification, if we can," Thomas F. Hall, the assistant secretary of defense for Reserve affairs, told reporters last month. "Naturally, if we had a crisis, we could go below that." But activating reservists too early could backfire. Pentagon officials said they want to avoid calling up tens of thousands of reservists during the holiday season, disrupting their families, jobs and schooling, especially if the international arms inspections in Iraq delay any offensive for weeks or months, and leave mobilized reservists with little to do. "You don't want to jerk the reservists around," a senior military official said. "If you call them up before Christmas and don't give them something meaningful to do, that's dumb." The issue is important enough that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and their top aides meet about twice a week to discuss the Reserve call-ups, a senior military official said. Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the commander of American forces in the gulf, is also keenly aware of the important role that reservists would play, and how the timing of their call-up would affect other parts of the war planning, another top military official said. Mr. Rumsfeld is so concerned about the impact of any call-up that he recently ordered aides to review all potential mobilizations to ensure they are truly needed. One defense official said today that if the Pentagon does not announce its expected call-up of 10,000 reservists in the next few days, Mr. Rumsfeld will probably postpone it until after Jan. 1. "We're trying to balance this," a third senior military official said. "If the choice is calling up tens of thousands of people on Dec. 20 or on Jan. 10, and it's militarily insignificant when you do it, we're going to try not to disrupt people's lives."

To: Bilow who wrote (59891)	12/10/2002 10:15:07 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi all; Updated mobilization figures. 70 reservists mobilized this week. The figures are out a day early this week. Maybe that's so that they get an extra day to hide the 10,000 reservists that are supposed to be called up according to this NY Times article: New York Times, December 5, 2002 The Pentagon plans to mobilize thousands of National Guard and Reserve troops in the next several days to fill military jobs that would be key in the event of a U.S. war with Iraq, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing Defense Department officials. #reply-18304336 Date Total Change ------------- ------- -------- Nov 21, 2001 55,121 xxx Nov 28, 2001 57,087 1,966 Dec 5, 2001 56,664 ( 423 ) Dec 12, 2001 58,741 2,077 Dec 19, 2001 60,350 1,609 Dec 26, 2001 61,912 1,562 Jan 2, 2002 61,373 ( 539 ) Jan 9, 2002 67,793 6,420 Jan 16, 2002 70,180 2,387 Jan 23, 2002 71,386 1,206 Jan 30, 2002 72,203 817 Feb 6, 2002 73,428 1,225 Feb 13, 2002 75,356 1,928 Feb 20, 2002 76,274 918 Feb 27, 2002 79,269 2,995 Mar 6, 2002 78,378 ( 891 ) Mar 13, 2002 80,576 2,198 Mar 20, 2002 80,708 132 Mar 27, 2002 81,193 485 Apr 3, 2002 83,259 2,066 Apr 10, 2002 83,264 5 Apr 17, 2002 82,607 343 Apr 24, 2002 81,926 ( 681 ) May 1, 2002 81,235 ( 691 ) May 8, 2002 81,741 506 May 15, 2002 81,552 ( 189 ) May 22, 2002 81,403 ( 149 ) May 29, 2002 83,746 2,343 June 5, 2002 83,129 ( 617 ) June 12, 2002 84,605 1,476 June 19, 2002 85,415 ( 810 ) June 26, 2002 85,592 177 July 3, 2002 84,880 ( 712 ) July 10, 2002 83,470 ( 1,410 ) July 17, 2002 82,515 ( 1,045 ) July 24, 2002 80,614 ( 1,901 ) July 31, 2002 79,780 ( 834 ) Aug 7, 2002 79,124 ( 656 ) Aug 14, 2002 78,080 ( 1,044 ) Aug 21, 2002 76,518 ( 1,562 ) Aug 28, 2002 74,468 ( 2,050 ) Sep 4, 2002 76,658 2,190 Sep 11, 2002 74,120 ( 2,538 ) Sep 18, 2002 72,269 ( 1,851 ) Sep 25, 2002 67,680 ( 4,589 ) Oct 2, 2002 65,411 ( 2,269 ) Oct 9, 2002 59,990 ( 5,421 ) Oct 16, 2002 59,067 ( 893 ) Oct 23, 2002 58,133 ( 964 ) Oct 30, 2002 57,721 ( 412 ) Nov 6, 2002 51,336 ( 6,385 ) Nov 13, 2002 51,358 22 Nov 20, 2002 50,622 ( 736 ) Nov 27, 2002 51,073 451 Dec 4, 2002 50,755 ( 318 ) Dec 10, 2002 50,825 70 This week the Army announces an increase of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization. The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force each announce decreases. The net collective result is 70 more reservists than last week. defenselink.mil -- Carl P.S. Search terms: mobilized demobilized reserves mobilization demobilization