CONFIDENTIAL
IV
2ND DRAFT
RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
FORCES
1. The estimated cost of the Reserve and Cadet Forces and the
Ulster Defence Regiment is shown in Annex B.
ARMY RESERVES
2. The Army Reserves comprise the individual Reserves, consisting
of officers and men who have served in the Regular Army, and the
Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR). The former provides
a pool of men to use as reinforcements; the latter, in the main,
provides formed units.
3. The Army General Reserve, consisting mainly of former National
Servicemen, ceased to exist on 30 June 1974 when the relevant
legislation expired. However, in anticipation of this loss, a new
reserve, the Long Term Reserve, was created in 1964. All men who
Joined the Regular Army on or after 28 February 1964 are required
to be members of this reserve from the end of their Regular Reserve
service until they reach the age of 45. Members of this reserve
are not paid. The current strength of the Long Term Reserve is
about 1,6007 and this is expected to exceed 30,000 by 1980. In
the meantime, the individual Reserves of ex-Regulars, together with
the TAVR, provide sufficient reservists to meet the Army's NATO
and United Kingdom commitments on mobilisation.
4. On mobilisation, the highly trained formed units of the TAVR
would fill essential roles in either BAOR or the United Kingdom
Land Forces, supplementing units of the Regular Army with which in
many instances they will have trained in peacetime.
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