Active Component/Reserve Component Integration: A Slow Reality

Abstract

Today's global security environment has caused America's military to make many adjustments and changes. It has caused us to relook our National Defense Strategy and devise a methodology commensurate with today's threat. The Army in particular is undergoing a complete overhaul. They are taking advantage of this peacetime era to renovate our components, the Active Army, Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. After 29 years, this renovation is slowly taking shape through a total integration program initiated as a result of the Total Force policy issued by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, in August 1970. This policy specifically identifies the Reserve Components as the principle augmentation of active forces in emergencies. It was designed to offset reductions in the defense budget and to increase reliance on the Reserve Component forces. The policy directed consideration of the Total Force, Active and Reserve in planning, programming, manning, equipping and employing Guard and Reserve Forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA366756

Entities

People

  • Carolyn Jones

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Active Duty
  • Agreements
  • Attrition
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

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