To Provide an Adequate Defense: a Reserve Component Force Structure for the Year 2000

Abstract

The recent changes within the USSR and Eastern Europe will result in a significant reduction in the size of the Army as available dollars are shifted from defense to domestic programs. Concurrently, much of the defense burden will shift to the Reserve Components (RC). This study postulates a potential total Army force at the turn of the century, and examines the role and organization of the RC portion of that force. The study concludes the President must formulate a forward-looking national security strategy now to permit the JCS to develop the national military strategy and force requirements. These strategies must have strong congressional support. The study recommends the Reserve Component Coordination Council provide direction to the RC, full time manning of key leader positions in round-out units, a category system for RC divisions which establishes readiness and full time manning requirements, and an expansion of the Individual Mobilization Augmentee program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223369

Entities

People

  • Terrance D. Barcellos

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Eastern Europe
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.