Closing Ranks: The Secret of Army Active and Reserve Component Harmony

Abstract

The ongoing, historical debate between the Active and Reserve Components of the U.S. Army heated up when three Army National Guard Roundout Brigades were not deployed with their divisions during Desert Storm. The author of this thinkpiece does not revisit this well known history, but does provide a candid assessment of where relationships among the components are today and what to improve them. He recommends a high level meeting of the components to 'take the gloves off' and solve all the problems in the 'too hard' box. In addition, he proposes several concrete gestures and concepts which seem easy to implement at reasonable costs. As with any thinkpiece, the author has expressed his own ideas in the hopes of stimulating alternative paradigms for he future of the Army in the Total Force. Active component, Reserve components, Total force policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 11, 1992
Accession Number
ADA248148

Entities

People

  • David E. Shaver

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Classification
  • Combat Forces
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.