The New Military Strategy and Its Impact on the Reserve Components
Abstract
On August 2,1990 President George H. Bush delivered an address to the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado. The speech was a significant policy statement addressing the changes in East-West relationships and the need to refocus the nation's armed forces away from the cold war and toward a new military strategy. This monograph addresses the impact of the new strategy on Army force structuring and force mix with an emphasis on Total Force Policy. To do this the author has reviewed the historical foundations of the policy, the peacetime Army in the past, and the relationship between the Active and Reserve Components. The work also examines the experience gained by the Army in OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. In the concluding sections the author alerts the reader to the potential problems that may loom in the future. Addressing these issues he suggests ways to avoid repeating the tragic record of past American first battles within the context of a full and complete integration of the Army's three components, thus filling the intent of General Creighton Abram's vision of a Total Force.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 07, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA245744
Entities
People
- Charles E. Heller
Organizations
- United States Army War College