Mobilization's Impact on Army Reserve Family Members

Abstract

Soldiers of the Army Reserve have participated in every major contingency this nation has experienced, and they have done so with pride and distinction. More than 169,000 were called to duty in World War I and over 200,000 Army Reserve soldiers were mobilized during World War II. Conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and more recently, Desert Shield/Desert Storm (228,000 mobilized) and Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia), demonstrated that America's Army is increasingly dependent on the services of the Army Reserve to support its active force and fulfill its world-wide objectives. The primary focus of this paper is to identify the impact of mobilization on the family member, identify programs and initiatives that were implemented to diminish the impact of mobilization on the family member, and, finally, to draw conclusions about how well the Army Reserve programs and initiatives have addressed family member issues and concerns following mobilization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 08, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363894

Entities

People

  • Michael D. Koplin

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Mobilization
  • Peacetime
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Training
  • Uncertainty
  • United States
  • Volunteers
  • War
  • War Colleges

Readers

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