10 USC § 10208 - Annual mobilization exercise

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title: "10 USC § 10208 - Annual mobilization exercise"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "10208"
section_name: "Annual mobilization exercise"
chapter_number: 1007
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE COMPONENTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2978; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 527(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1689.)"
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# § 10208. Annual mobilization exercise

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense shall conduct at least one major mobilization exercise each year. The exercise should be as comprehensive and as realistic as possible and should include the participation of associated active component and reserve component units.

**(b)** The Secretary shall maintain a plan to test periodically each active component and reserve component unit based in the United States and all interactions of such units, as well as the sustainment of the forces mobilized as part of the exercise, with the objective of permitting an evaluation of the adequacy of resource allocation and planning.

**(c)**

**(1)** The Secretary shall, beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and every five years thereafter, as part of the major mobilization exercise under subsection (a), include the processes of the Selective Service System in preparation for induction of personnel into the armed forces under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.), and submit to Congress a report on the results of this exercise and evaluation. The report may be submitted in classified form.

**(2)** The exercise under this subsection—

**(A)** shall include a review of national mobilization strategic and operational concepts; and

**(B)** shall include a simulation of a mobilization of all armed forces and reserve units, with plans and processes for incorporating Selective Service System inductees.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2978; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 527(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1689.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is the date of enactment of div. A of , which was approved .

The Military Selective Service Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is title I of , , which is classified principally to chapter 49 (§ 3801 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under  and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , , , which was set out in a note under , prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (c).  added subsec. (c).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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