All able bodied men, 17 to 45 of age, are ultimately eligible to be called up into military service and belong to the class known as the reserve militia, also known as the unorganized militia (10 USC). Able bodied men who are not eligible for inclusion in the reserve militia pool are those aliens not having declared their intent to become citizens of the United States (10 USC 311) and former regular component veterans of the armed forces who have reached the age of 64 (32 USC 313). All female citizens who are members of National Guard units are also included in the reserve militia pool (10 USC 311). Other persons who are exempt from call to duty (10 USC 312) and are not therefore in the reserve militia pool include: The Vice President (also constitutionally the President of the Senate, that body which confirms the appointment of senior armed forces officers made by the Commander in Chief). The judicial and executive officers of the United States, the several States and Territories, and Puerto Rico. Members of the armed forces, except members who are not on active duty. Customhouse clerks. Persons employed by the United States in the transmission of mail. Workmen employed in armories, arsenals, and naval shipyards of the United States. Pilots on navigable waters. Mariners in the sea service of a citizen of, or a merchant in, the United States. Many individual states have additional statutes describing their residents as part of the state militia; for example Washington law specifies all able-bodied citizens or intended citizens over the age of eighteen as members of the state militia, as explicitly distinct from the National Guard and Washington State Guard.[
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:07 +0000
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