Volunteer Reserves (United Kingdom)#Call-out

{{Short description|British Armed Forces voluntary reserve force}}

The Volunteer Reserves are the British Armed Forces voluntary and part-time military reserve force.{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/88_FutureReserves_2020_(1).pdf |title=Future Reserves 2020 – The Independent Commission to review the United Kingdom's Reserve Forces |format=PDF |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117222650/http://army.mod.uk/documents/general/88_FutureReserves_2020_(1).pdf |archive-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Unlike the Regular Reserve, the Volunteer Reserves do not consist of ex-Regular personnel who remain liable to be re-called for military service.{{#tag:ref|However ex-Regulars are eligible to join.|group=nb}} Instead, the Volunteer Reserves consists of civilian volunteers who routinely undergo training and military operations alongside the Regular military. The Volunteer Reserves serve under a fixed-term reserve contract and provide "highly trained" military personnel integrated with their Regular counterparts, on operations both at home and overseas. For example, almost every major military operation has seen the deployment of Army Reservists alongside the Regular British Army.[http://www.army.mod.uk/reserve/31781.aspx The Army Reserve], army.mod.uk, Accessed 11 December 2014 Volunteer Reserves are allowed to use the post-nominal letters VR after 10 years of service.[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-recognition-for-reserve-and-regular-military-service], UK Government, Accessed 16 May 2015

The Volunteer Reserves also includes the armed forces University Service Units (incl. below). These reserve units receive, training designed to fit around their undergraduate degrees and seek to develop leadership, as well as partaking in military exercises, and opportunities outside of their degree including adventurous training and expeditions, members of these units have 'no call out liability' (See below) during their time in their respective USU unit. Members are under no obligation to continue training with the armed forces after university.{{Cite web |date=1 April 2015 |title=Reserve Forces and Cadets - Ministry of Defence |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/435444/20150615_TSP7Apr15-O.pdf |website=mod.gov.uk}}{{Cite web |title=University Officers' Training Corps {{!}} The British Army |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-explore/about-the-army/corps-regiments-and-units/university-officers-training-corps/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=www.army.mod.uk |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=University Royal Naval Unit |url=https://www.lowlandrfca.org.uk/reserves/university-royal-naval-unit/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Lowland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=RAF Recruitment {{!}} University Air Squadrons {{!}} Royal Air Force |url=https://recruitment.raf.mod.uk/university-air-squadrons |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=recruitment.raf.mod.uk}}