Authorized strengths: senior enlisted members on active duty or on full-time National Guard duty for administration of the reserves or the National Guard
10 U.S.C. § 12012
in effect(a) Limitations.—Of the total number of members of a reserve component who are serving on full-time reserve component duty at the end of any fiscal year, the number of those members in each of pay grades of E–8 and E–9 who may be serving on active duty under section 10211 or 12310, or on full-time National Guard duty under the authority of section 502(f) of title 32 (other than for training) in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components or the National Guard may not, as of the end of that fiscal year, exceed the number determined in accordance with the following table: Total number of members of a reserve component serving on full-time reserve component duty:Number of members of that reserve component who may be serving in the grade of: E–8E–9 Army Reserve: 10,0001,052154 11,0001,126168 12,0001,195180 13,0001,261191 14,0001,327202 15,0001,391213 16,0001,455224 17,0001,519235 18,0001,583246 19,0001,647257 20,0001,711268 21,0001,775278 Army National Guard: 20,0001,650550 22,0001,775615 24,0001,950645 26,0002,100675 28,0002,250715 30,0002,400735 32,0002,500760 34,0002,600780 36,0002,700800 38,0002,800820 40,0002,900830 42,0003,000840 Navy Reserve: 10,000340143 11,000364156 12,000386169 13,000407182 14,000423195 15,000435208 16,000447221 17,000459234 18,000471247 19,000483260 20,000495273 21,000507286 22,000519299 23,000531312 24,000540325 Marine Corps Reserve: 1,1005011 1,2005512 1,3006013 1,4006514 1,5007015 1,6007516 1,7008017 1,8008518 1,9008919 2,0009320 2,1009621 2,2009922 2,30010123 2,40010624 2,50011225 2,60011626 2,70012127 2,80012528 2,90013029 3,00013430 Air Force Reserve: 5007540 1,00014575 1,500208105 2,000270130 2,500325150 3,000375170 3,500420190 4,000460210 4,500495230 5,000530250 5,500565270 6,000600290 7,000670330 8,000740370 10,000800400 Air National Guard: 10,0001,350550 12,0001,466594 14,0001,582636 16,0001,698676 18,0001,814714 20,0001,930752 22,0002,046790 24,0002,162828 26,0002,278866 28,0002,394904 30,0002,510942 32,0002,626980 34,0002,7421,018 36,0002,8581,056 38,0002,9741,094 40,0003,0901,132 .
(b) Determinations by Interpolation.—If the total number of members of a reserve component serving on full-time reserve component duty is between any two consecutive numbers in the first column of the table in subsection (a), the corresponding authorized strengths for each of the grades shown in that table for that component are determined by mathematical interpolation between the respective numbers of the two strengths. If the total number of members of a reserve component serving on full-time reserve component duty is more or less than the highest or lowest number, respectively, set forth in the first column of the table in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall fix the corresponding strengths for the grades shown in the table at the same proportion as is reflected in the nearest limit shown in the table.
(c) Reallocations to Lower Grade.—Whenever the number of members serving in pay grade E–9 for duty described in subsection (a) is less than the number authorized for that grade under this section, the difference between the two numbers may be applied to increase the number authorized under this section for pay grade E–8.
(d) Secretarial Waiver.—(1) Upon determining that it is in the national interest to do so, the Secretary of Defense may increase for a particular fiscal year the number of reserve enlisted members that may be on active duty or full-time National Guard duty as described in subsection (a) for a reserve component in a pay grade referred to in a table in subsection (a) by a number that does not exceed the number equal to 5 percent of the maximum number specified for that grade and reserve component in the table. (2) Whenever the Secretary exercises the authority provided in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives notice in writing of the adjustment made.
(e) Full-Time Reserve Component Duty Defined.—In this section, the term “full-time reserve component duty” has the meaning given the term in section 12011(e) of this title.
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