The Total Force: Time for a Paradigm Shift

Abstract

This paper examines the force distribution and employment concepts of the United States Army Total Force. It lends a critical eye to the Minuteman paradigm and proposed changes in the way the United States Army augments the active forces with reserve components and reconstitutes in the event of mobilization. A framework is set that accounts for the changing environment of future military operations. Regional contingencies which require rapid response, vice the global war and graduated response, provides a new and essential role for the reserve component. Specifically, the Individual Ready Reserve and the National Guard assets are explored and alternatives are examined which speed the process of integrating reserve component forces into a theater, while providing highly trained and motivated forces to the CINC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1992
Accession Number
ADA251154

Entities

People

  • Robert C. Coon

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Artillery
  • Budgets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Manpower
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Science
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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