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The Army Reserve was created as the Territorial Force in 1908 by the Secretary of State for War, Richard Haldane, when the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 combined the previously civilian-administered Volunteer Force, with the mounted Yeomanry (at the same time the Militia was renamed the Special Reserve).
This is a list of career roles available within each corps in the British Army, as a soldier or officer. [ 1 ] Roles in italics are only available to serving soldiers, or re-joiners, and are not open to civilians.
Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCAs) are Crown bodies in the United Kingdom which give advice and assistance to the Defence Council, and to the Army, Royal Navy and RAF, on matters that concern reserves and cadets. They are contracted by the Ministry of Defence to provide services including management of the volunteer estate ...
The Volunteer Reserves serve under a fixed-term reserve contract and provide "highly trained" military personnel integrated with their Regular counterparts, on operations both at home and overseas. For example, almost every major military operation has seen the deployment of Army Reservists alongside the Regular British Army. [2]
In August 1914, the line infantry could call upon 80,688 men of the Army Reserve, in addition to the Special Reserve. The Army Reserve soldiers were the first to be sent as drafts, with the Special Reserve second in precedence. [21] Sixty percent of the infantry consisted of men recalled from the reserve. [b] The Official History notes that ...
A British Army Reserve lieutenant colonel during a training exercise at Lulworth Cove in Dorset. In countries with a volunteer military, reserve officers are personnel with an officer's commission who have signed a contract to perform part-time military service. They have civilian status, except when carrying out their military duties.
Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels became the U.S. Army Reserve Command's first female leader in 2020.
The Royal Fleet Reserve, the Army Reserve, and the Air Force Reserve are the Regular Reserve forces, comprising men and women who previously served in the regular forces and are liable for recall to active duty as reservists. The Royal Naval Reserve, the Territorial Army, and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force are the Volunteer Reserve forces ...