RESERVE MILITARY SERVICE

 Reserve Military Service consists of the fulfillment by male citizens of up to forty-five years of age of tasks related to defense preparation.  For this purpose, they may be mobilized as many times as necessary, provided that the total time does not exceed one year.

 Since the Revolutionary Armed Forces, besides their permanent personnel, have a significant number of cadre units, Reserve Military Service has an important role in the completion of many of its units of regular troops.  Part of the combat equipment is preserved in peacetime in heavily fortified facilities, and only a minimum crew is on active service, particularly those positions that require greater specialization and training.  The rest of the crew is completed by members of Reserve Military  Service, with whom the regular troop unit to which they belong maintains close ties.  Many of these sergeants and soldiers, which number 300,000 troops, are veterans with outstanding participation in combat actions, especially during the fulfillment of internationalist missions.

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