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General. A number of key positions throughout the Department of Defense and other governmental agencies are filled by RC officers. These positions are used to rapidly expand the agencies during the early phases of mobilization. Preselected, specially qualified RC officers are assigned to these positions and are trained during peacetime to augment the commands and agencies to en­hance mission accomplishment upon mobilization. These RC officers are called IMAs (Individual Mobilization Augmentees)/DIMAs (Drilling Individual Mobilization Augmentees) and are assigned to USAR Control Group — IMA in a Selected Reserve status. IMAs are given premobilization orientation and qualification training for the posi­tions to which they are attached. This is accomplished during 12-day annual training tours. Officers assigned as DIMA receive an additional 12 days of training per year in an IDT status, which are performed with their unit or organization of attachment. These tours are coordinated between the unit or organization, the CMO and the officer. (For further guidance on the IMA program, see AR 140-145.)

Training. IMA officers training requirements are coordinated through the gaining agency. All requests for training in lieu of, or in addition to, annual training tours are submitted on DA Form 1058-R (Application for Active Duty for Training, Active Duty for Special Work, Temporary Tour of Active Duty, and Annual Training for Soldiers of the Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve) through the proponent agency to Commander, AR-PERSCOM, ATTN: ARPC-MOT, 9700 Page Avenue, St Louis MO 63132. Or­ders are published by AR-PERSCOM if the unit or organization concurs and funds are available. Units or organizations should pro-vide IMA/DIMA officers the opportunity to participate by complet­ing projects for retirement credit throughout the year.

Federal employees. Federal employees are declared available for mobilization by their employing command or agency. As IMA soldiers, DA civilian employees may not hold IMA positions with the same HQDA general or special staff element in which they are employed. USAR members should report employment conflicts to their proponent agencies and AR-PERSCOM CMOs when they occur.

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Above information derived from Army Pamplet 600-3