Sharing the Burden and Risk: An Operational Assessment of the Reserve Components in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Abstract

The Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB) tasked the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) to conduct an operational assessment of reserve component (RC) forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), from the years 2003 to 2011. IDA was to identify data that could be used to quantify RC performance, and where comparative analyses could be conducted. Enterprise-wide performance data was not captured by the Department of Defense (DOD), yet IDA was able to analyze data associated with mobility, aviation strike, and significant activities reports (SIGACTs), in addition to individual deployment, casualty, and mishap data. Analysis of these data depict no sizeable differences between active and reserve component forces, and highlight the shared burden and risk of RC forces in the prosecution of OIF.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1023069

Entities

People

  • Amy Alrich
  • Ann Gilbride
  • Brandon Shapiro
  • Daniel Nakada
  • Drew Miller
  • Jeffery Jaworski
  • Jenns Robertson
  • John Brinkerhoff
  • Joseph Adams
  • Katherine Vinci
  • Lance Hancock
  • Pete Picucci
  • Rachel Dubin
  • Richard Polin

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Reserves
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Personnel Management
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.