Reserve Combat Units/Necessary Combat Power.

Abstract

Dramatic changes are progressing in the United States Army designed to meet future readiness, budget and force structure goals. While the active component of the Army has been reduced to ten divisions, reserve component combat forces assigned missions have not been deployed and the combat power contained in the eight guard divisions have been relegated to a strategic hedge. This paper will analyze the history leading to this situation and illustrate that reserve component combat units meet or exceed readiness and mobilization standards. It argues that Guard combat brigades are ready for operational missions and with similar resourcing the Guard divisions can meet readiness criteria which must be included in current force structure plans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309780

Entities

People

  • Gregory J. Vadnais

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Artillery
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design