reserve unit
Part-time military group
A reserve unit is a military formation composed of reservists—service members who train part-time and can be called to active duty when needed.
Reserve units maintain readiness through periodic drills and annual training while their members hold civilian jobs: His reserve unit was activated for deployment overseas.
The term also appears in other contexts where backup capacity is organized into discrete groups.
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- citizen soldierCivilian who serves militarily
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
deployment · weekend · drill · drill sergeant · boot camp · armory · enlisted · soldier · garrison · mobilize · infantry · cavalry · duty · tour of duty · training · uniform · barracks · regiment
- Backup TeamsB team, second team, backups, substitutes, subs
- infantry unitsfoot soldiers, riflemen, platoon, squad, company
- Military Reservesreservist, reservists, part-time soldiers, National Guard, Air National Guard
- National GuardNational Guard, guardsmen, reservist, Air National Guard, drill weekend
- volunteer forcesvolunteer army, volunteer corps, civilian volunteers, citizen soldiers, auxiliaries
- military unitsarmy, battalion, squad, brigade, company
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