The NSRC was created by virtue of Republic Act 9163, known as the National Service Training Program or NSTP Act of 2001. The NSTP Act mandated that all graduates of the non-ROTC component of the NSTP, namely CWTS and LTS, shall constitute the National Service Reserve Corps. ROTC graduates on the other hand, shall become reservists of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The NSTP Law made ROTC a non-compulsory training component at the tertiary levelof education. Furthermore, it made NSTP mandatory for all students in all higher education institutions and technical-vocational educational training institutions for courses of two or more years. Students have the freedom to choose among the three NSTP components. Since the enactment of the NSTP Law in 2001 until 2011 - a period of 10 years, the NSRC was never implemented despite the issuance of a joint memorandum from the Department of National Defense, Commission on Higher Education and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority for its implementation. In May 2010, a new law was enacted - RA 10121. Known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, this law mandated that the National Service Reserve Corps be accredited and mobilized for the delivery of disaster risk reduction programs and activities.
Categories
The NSRC units are classified into two categories:
Community-Based NSRC Reservists Units. These are units organized at the barangay, municipal, city and provincial level. Graduates of the CWTS and LTS components of NSTP who are residents of these respective localities constitute the membership of the CBNRUs.
School-Based NSRC Reservists Units. These units are organized by higher education institutions under CHED and technical-vocational education and training institutions under TESDA. Its membership is composed of graduates of the CWTS and LTS who are still happen to be enrolled in the said schools.
Leadership
JUANITO W DALMAS+ - Brigadier General, NSRC National Director, June 2012 to June 2016
FRANCIS LEONIDA - Colonel, NSRC Deputy National Director
RAMON G SANTOS - Brigadier General, NSRC Basulta Provincial Director
JEFF DL TAMAYO- Colonel, R13-1001st UPHSD NSRC Group Leader
FLORO I VERZOSA - Officer 5, NSRC Group Training Officer
NEIL ALLAN C DE LEON - Officer 4, NSRC Training Officer
MARY ROSE J AMAR - Officer 3, NSRC Training Officer
Basilan NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1001st NSRC GROUP
Sulu NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1002nd NSRC GROUP
Tawi-Tawi NSRC Provincial Directorate Office and the R14–1003rd NSRC GROUP
R13-1st NSRC Disaster Response Training Group, the first batch of training instructors and responders under the directive of the NSRC National Director
