Comparing Russia's Reserve Forces To Its U.S. Counterparts

A billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" is seen on display in St. Petersburg, Sept. 20, 2022  

Newsweek: How Russia's Reserve Forces Compare to U.S. Counterparts 

After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization earlier this week, calling up 300,000 members of the Russian Army reserves to fight in Ukraine, the Pentagon pointed out on Thursday that Russia's reserves are different from U.S. reserves. 

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said Putin's mobilization "would primarily be reservists or members of the Russian military that had retired." Ryder said these Russian reserves were not like U.S. reserve formations. 

He said that in the U.S., reserve troops are fully trained and ready to deploy "in hours, days or weeks, as needed." 

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WNU Editor: The Russian Ministry of Defense has clarified details on its mobilization .... Russian MoD clarifies details of mobilization (RT).  

Update: This ex-US Army General is not impressed .... An ex-US Army general who witnessed Russia's basic training of recruits says it was awful, and the 'newbies' being drafted face disaster on the front line (Business Insider).

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