Appendix B to Part 102 - Members Participating in Approved Programs Outside The Department of Defense

A. SSS

The SSS administers the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA), which authorizes the Director of Selective Service, by delegation from the President, “* * * to order to active duty with their consent and to assign to the Selective Service System such officers of the selective-service section of the State headquarters and headquarters detachments and such other officers of the federally recognized National Guard of the United States or other armed forces personnel (including personnel of the reserve components thereof), as may be necessary for the administration of the national and of the several State headquarters of the Selective Service System.”

1. AD. Requests for assignment to the SSS and an AD status must be approved IAW DoD Directive 1000.17.1 Costs for those members shall be reimbursed to the Department of Defense. Members shall not be assigned to a RCC or TRC, shall not be counted against RC strengths, and shall not be included in the RCCPDS files.

2. Inactive Duty. The Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of Selective Service shall agree annually on the number of RC members assigned as IMAs to the SSS. The SSS shall reimburse the Department of Defense for IDT and AT for those members.

B. Civil Defense Activities and CONUS Defense Programs

1. The U.S. civil defense and CONUS defense program are an integral part of U.S. national security. Support of civil defense may be provided through RC members participating with Federal, State, and local civil agencies only when clearly furthering specifically identifiable DoD interest. Participation shall be in an IDT or ADT status and on a reimbursable basis, except when the primary basis for participating is to meet a DoD program requirement. Subject to priorities and guidance in DoD Directive 3025.10,2 military support of those activities is a proper mission for DoD Components. Military planning and liaison may be provided by RC members at selected civil government and military headquarters and includes such tasks and responsibilities as mutual support to civil authorities for civil defense, CONUS defense, physical security of key assets, and disaster relief operations.

2. Programs involving RC members in civil defense activities directly supporting the FEMA or State and local government under a FEMA program must be approved jointly by the FEMA and the Department of Defense. Assigning members in an AD (other than for training) status supporting of civil defense outside the Department of Defense must be approved IAW DoD Directive 1000.17. The following programs are approved for such participation:

a. Federal Liaison Officers. Those are Reserve officers serving as IMAs performing planning and liaison responsibilities between DoD Components and Federal regional Headquarters, including interface with the civil sector, as directed by their DoD Component through the Military Service planning agent. Federal liaison officers function primarily in support of DoD missions. All costs are paid by the DoD Components. Each Military Department is authorized to assign one or more Federal liaison officers (other than flag or general officer rank) at each FEMA region and at FEMA national Headquarters.

b. State Liaison Officers. Those are reserve officers serving as IMAs performing planning and liaison responsibilities betwen their DoD Components and State or U.S. Territory Civil Defense or Emergency Service Headquarters for interfacing with the civil sector, as directed by their DoD Component through the Military Service planning agent. State liaison officers function primarily in support of DoD missions. All costs are paid by the DoD Component. Each Military Department is authorized to assign one or more State liaison officers (other than flag or general officer rank) at each State or U.S. territorial Headquarters and shall assign or attach such officers to functions supervised by the State Area Command (STARC).

c. Regional Military Emergency Coordinators (RMECs). Those are Reserve officers serving as IMAs and performing resource claimancy tasks for their DoD Components while participating in resource management of emergency preparedness and crisis operations under DoD Directive 5030.45.3 RMEC officers function primarily in support of DoD missions. All costs are paid by the DoD Component. Each Military Department is authorized to assign one or more officers (other than flag or general officer rank) to the DoD RMEC team.

d. Civil Preparedness Support Detachments (CPSD). Those are Selected Reserve units of the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), whose missions are to augment the communications and security capabilities of FEMA emergency operations centers.

e. FEMA IMAs. Those are IMAs assigned to responsibilities supporting civil defense planning at FEMA Headquarters and regions, and at State and local civil defense activities. FEMA IMAs perform 2 weeks of annual ADT, and the FEMA reimburses the Department of Defense for those training costs.

3. Members of the IRR and Standby Reserve Active Status List, voluntarily participating in approved civil defense activities, may receive retirement points IAW DoD Instruction 1215.7.

4. IRR members participating in civil defense activities may request ADT to attend civil defense courses. If so ordered, those Reservists shall be entitled to pay and allowance including travel allowances for such training.