Typhoon No. 19 support for disaster-affected areas Cabinet decision to call for reserve SDF October 14 19:39
In order to strengthen the support activities in the disaster area of Typhoon No.19, the government will convene “stand-by self-defense officers” working for private companies and “immediate reserve self-defense officers” such as the Self-Defense Force OB. I decided on.
The Ministry of Defense received a request for dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces from 10 prefectures in response to the damage of Typhoon No.19, and is engaged in rescue operations with 31,000 people.
The government has decided to add “reserve self-defense officers” working for private enterprises and “advanced reserve self-defense officers” such as the Self-Defense Forces OB in order to strengthen support activities in the stricken area, while the support activities are expected to be prolonged. In the afternoon of the 14th, we decided to convene at a cabinet meeting.
The Ministry of Defense wants to call up to about 1,000 people in total, including “reserve self-defense officers” and “immediate reserve self-defense officers.” Within five days after the Minister of Defense Kono issues a convocation order, They are supposed to join the unit.
The Ministry of Defense has called on the “Self-Responding Self-Defense Force” since the Hokkaido Iburi Eastern Earthquake in September last year, and the “Self-Defense Force” has been called since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.