USAR Recruiting and Manpower in the 21st Century

Abstract

The reserves components are beset by changes that are unprecedented in their magnitude and complexity. In addition to the usual demographic, economic, and social changes that affect the external reserve recruiting environment, the downsizing of the armed forces, federal budget deficits, and the Persian Gulf war have all exerted unusual pressures on reserve policymakers. Indeed, the changes being introduced or planned for the Reserves are the most extensive since the advent of the all-volunteer force in 1973. They involve the active-reserve mix, the missions to be assigned to the reserves, as well as manpower requirements and recruitment policies. It is in this unique context that this report attempts to sort out some of the factors -- both external and internal -- buffeting the reserves, to identify the trends in these factors, and to indicate likely future effects on the U.S. Army Reserves. Reserves, Demographics, Recruiting, Manpower.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA277269

Entities

People

  • Stephen L. Mehay

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Attrition
  • Base Closures
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Demography
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Federal Budgets
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Budgets
  • Minority Groups
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Recruiting

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.