Delay, Deferment, & Exemption (DD&E)
Delay, Deferment and Exemption (DD&E) are the methods by which a service member may be relieved of immediate activation.
- Delay - When a service member cannot be activated immediately (for example, they are getting married soon), but they are for all other reasons qualified, and can be called up later for activation. Usually the delay will last up to 4–6 months depending on the needs of the activation.
- Deferment - The service member cannot serve immediately for a fixed amount of time (for example, the service member is in school and will graduate within a year), but can be called up later when the situation changes.
- Exemption - The service member has an immutable characteristic which will never qualify them for activation (for example, the service member is an ordained religious member).
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—Ruth C. D. Havens, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4, ch. 13, by Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper (1902)