Congressional Quandary: Increasing the Army Reserve Full-Time Support Force

Abstract

The full-time support (FTS) force, consisting of Active Guard Reserve soldiers, Army Reserve technicians, Department of the Army Civilians, and Active Component soldiers in support of the Army Reserve, enhances the reserve unit's administrative, recruiting, planning, maintenance, supply and training functions essential to unit readiness. FTS personnel serve as force multiplier, enabling drilling reservists to take maximum advantage of limited training time. Since the Army Reserve FTS force is the smallest of all the Reserve components, Congress decided that the Army Reserve FTS force should increase to 14 percent of the Selected Reserve's end-strength. But how will the Army Reserve ever achieve this growth objective if Congress in unwilling to authorize funding to increase the force? This individual study project addresses this fundamental questions and recommends that Congress approve a FTS manning increase with appropriate funding for the next three years. Then the Army reserve can continue to improve its readiness to mobilize. Keywords: Military history, Korean war, World war 2, Berlin crisis, Vietnam war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209462

Entities

People

  • Rodney W. Morris

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies