Planning an Army for the 21st Century: Principles to Guide U.S. Army Force Size, Mix, and Component Distribution

Abstract

Today's U.S. Army comprises the Regular Army and two reserve components (RCs): the Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS) and the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR). As recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere have shown, the Army employs forces and capabilities from all three components to fulfill operational demands. Recent operations have also highlighted the unique attributes of the Army forces in each component. For example, the Army relied heavily on Regular Army forces combat forces in particular for initial major combat operations (MCOs) and employed reserve-component (RC) forces more extensively in subsequent force rotations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1064034

Entities

People

  • Gian Gentile
  • Joshua Klimas

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Army Personnel
  • Artillery
  • Case Studies
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military History
  • Militia
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.