Integrated of the National Guard into the Total Force.

Abstract

This project addressed the evolution of the Total Force and compared the United States Air Force's and the United States Army's approach to the integration of the Air and Army National Guard. Defense strategy, budget and force structure were reviewed in consonance of cultural and structural barriers to integration. Research concluded that the cultural barriers that have emerged over time between the Army and the Army National Guard still hamper effective integration. Although similar barriers originally retarded the Air Force and Air National Guard integration, major barriers were mitigated by a combination of urgency, strong AF leadership, and political acumen. Structural barriers are a result of the cultural schism that permeated the Army and Army Guard's history. The dual status of the National Guard based on the Air Guard and Air Force experience is dismissed as a structural fatal flaw. Failure to assuage cultural and structural barriers could leave the nation with a military force that cannot execute a national defense strategy, and a military isolated from the people it serves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363393

Entities

People

  • Hugh T. Broomall

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Operational Readiness
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

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