The Nation - News from April 30, 1986
A voluntary muster of inactive Army reservists early this year uncovered problems that provide fresh evidence of the need for mandatory annual call-ups to improve readiness, a top Pentagon spokesman said. The musters, conducted in January in 13 cities, highlighted problems with the medical fitness of inactive reservists and the lack of current addresses of the men and women, the spokesman said.
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