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10 10 (b) Whenever the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury may designate an officer of the Regular Coast Guard or the Coast Guard Reserve to serve without vote as a member of the Board. (c) The Board, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under section 264(a) of this title, is the principal policy adviser to the Secretary of Defense on matters relating to the reserve components. (d) This section does not affect the committees on reserve policies prescribed by section 3033 or 8033 of this title. (e) A member of a committee under section 3033 or 8033 of this title may, if otherwise eligible, be a member of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.

CHAPTER 9.—REGULAR COMPONENTS [No present sections] CHAPTER 11.—RESERVE COMPONENTS Sec. 261. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268. 269. 273. 274. 27.5. 276. 277. 278. 280.

Reserve components named. Purpose. Basic policy for order into Federal service. Reserve affairs: responsibility for. Policies and regulations: participation of reserve officers in preparation and administration. Boards for appointment, promotion, and certain other purposes: composition. Ready Reserve; Standby Reserve; Retired Reserve: placement and status of members. Ready Reserve. Ready Reserve: placement in; transfer from. Standby Reserve: composition; inactive-status list. Retired Reserve. Personnel records. Mobilization forces: maintenance. Regular and reserve components: discrimination prohibited. Dissemination of information. Regulations.

§ 261. Reserve components named (a) The reserve components of the armed forces are: (1) The Army National Guard of the United States. (2) The Army Reserve. (3) The Naval Reserve. (4) The Marine Corps Reserve. (6) The Air National Guard of the United States. (6) The Air Force Reserve. (7) The Coast Guard Reserve. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this title, no person may be a member of more than one reserve component at the same time. §262. Purpose The purpose of the reserve components is to provide trained units and qualified persons available for active duty in the armed forces, in time of war or national emergency and at such other times as the national security requires, to fill the needs of the armed forces whenever, during, and after the period needed to procure and train additional units and qualified persons to achieve the planned mobiliza-

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