total mobilization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-001696",
  "term": "total mobilization",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "Expansion of the active Armed Forces of the United States resulting from action by Congress and the President to organize and/or generate additional units or personnel beyond the existing force structure, and the resources needed for their support, to meet the total requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security.",
  "references": [
    "JP 4-05"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/total-mobilization/"
}