Defense and national security

Executive Order 14102: Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Authorized up to 3,000 reserve personnel, including no more than 450 Individual Ready Reserve members, to support Operation Atlantic Resolve in Europe.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 14102 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 14102 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 14102 do?

The Defense Secretary could activate eligible reservists within the stated caps as operationally needed; the order did not activate every eligible person.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedJuly 13, 2023
Lead officialsDefense Secretary and military departments
Express timingAs required for the operation, within statutory caps

Before and after

Before the order

European deployments relied heavily on active forces and voluntary reserve participation after Russia invaded Ukraine.

After the order

Defense announced that the authority added resilience and benefits without changing the force-posture level. No public revocation or direct merits litigation was located.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Defense SecretaryActivate eligible reserve personnelAs operationally required
Military departmentsIssue orders and administer entitlementsAs used

What happened next

EO 14102 signed.

Defense announced the 3,000-person authority.

No express revocation located in reviewed presidential actions.