Armed Forces News

A new Defense Department reporting system called the civilian employment information program requires members of all seven reserve components to register their employers. The resulting database of nearly 1.2 million National Guardsmen and reservists will give officials a better idea of who should and should not be mobilized for national emergencies, say DoD officials. Members of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Navy Individual Ready Reserve can enter their employment data on the new Defense Manpower Data Center Web site. Members of the Army Reserve, Navy Selected Reserve, Marine Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve will be able to enter their employment data on their existing personnel-reporting systems. To register their information, reserve component members should go to their respective service’s program Web sites, officials said.