Installation mobilization plans may require National Environmental Policy Act analysis before their final approval. They should have specific contingency plans or prenegotiated waivers to meet these requirements. Deliberate planning must also include the impact a full or total mobilization would have on the division's facilities. Both financial management and services and contracting should be considered. Contracting support should be considered to fill gaps in the existing facilities and services, including billeting, food service, transportation, and medical and dental services and supplies.
Planning is the first and probably most important phase of mobilization.
This phase must include both the AC and the RC during peacetime to properly plan, train, and prepare to accomplish their assigned mobilization missions. Thus, RC DTA unit METLs must reflect the divisions' training guidance. Actions initiated in the planning phase help the unit transition to an active status. Some key unit members are brought on active status early to begin these actions. The third phase, home station mobilization , begins when RC units enter on federal active duty at their local armories or centers.