The phrase "alert orders" is not commonly used in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a military or emergency context to refer to orders that require immediate attention or action.
Example: "The commander issued alert orders to prepare the troops for a potential threat."
Alternatives: "emergency orders" or "urgent directives".
The announcement of "alert" orders brings to 66,531 the total of National Guard and Reserve personnel from all the services who have been told to prepare for possible yearlong duty in Iraq.
Senior Pentagon officials said Tuesday that Mr. Rumsfeld was readying another set of alert orders for reservists to prepare for possible duty in Iraq next year, and that 2,000 to 3,000 additional active-duty marines might also be added to the rotation of forces entering Iraq next year.
Today's alert order is likely to be just the first of many in the weeks to come, officials said.
The alert order is a preliminary but essential step before any reservists are formally summoned to active duty.
There was, allegedly, a state of alert order being circulated within the military, about the possible need to intervene in the case of social disorder.
"Reports on an alleged state of alert ordered in Rumania after the Chernobyl nuclear power station accident are completely groundless," the Rumanian press agency Agerpres said.
He broke off the talks after the North refused to relent in its demand that South Korea call off the military alert ordered by President Kim after the United States opened its military campaign in Afghanistan.
French officials also placed restrictions on private aviation clubs and raised the chlorination levels of national water supplies, all part of an elevated alert ordered by President Jacques Chirac, a spokesman for the French police said.
The Reserve alert order, a multipage manifest that went through many changes even in the last few days, puts 397 units on notice in most of the 50 states.
The alert order, and the decision to employ the three specialized teams, are part of an emergency plan that will also include increasing the number of National Guard troops on active duty.
Military officials said that they were conscious of the approaching holiday season and that they expected units would not actually be sent to Iraq until after Jan . 1 but the decision was made to send out the alert order now so the reservists could begin their planning for active duty.
