But you are hereby enrolled in the ready reserve, subject to being called to active duty at a moment's notice.

About half of the manning for these new, ready reserves should be regular, active-duty personnel.

The United States Navy has nearly 500,000 personnel, approximately a quarter of whom are in ready reserve.

And the ready reserves that haul such cargo turned out not to be very ready.

The battleships had waited in reserve, ready to be dispatched to whichever planet they were needed.

Anderson's division was held as a ready reserve.

"Remember, we are at war," said a Pentagon official who confirmed the Army's plan to mobilize 5,600 members of the ready reserve.

Take your pick, though we'd rather you did it from the ready reserve.

Given the urgency of the need for more troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, we can see why tapping that ready reserve was so tempting.

About one-third came from the inactive ready reserve, soldiers who do not have to train but can be called to active duty at a moment's notice.