Proposed Reserve Component Structure at the Unified Commands
Abstract
The Reserve Component's (RC) structure and integration are not standardized within the Unified Commands. This paper proposes a structure, which places the Reserve Component Full Time Staff (FTS) as a Directorate or Special Staff under the management of a Reserve Component General or Flag officer responsible for coordinating mobilization and demobilization in conjunction with the Joint Staff. This paper seeks to: (1) Recommend a RC FTS staff model, which can best synchronize intra-command augmentation needs. (2) Offer a standardized model for the Unified Command's Reserve Component Full Time Support staff. (3) Address the roles, responsibilities and duties of the RC Program Manager. (4) Capture utilization efficiencies and standardize the Program Manager's responsibilities in support of the command and Individual Mobilization Augmentee's (IMA's). The draw down in the Active Component force, the steady increase in RC utilization and the number of IMA's assigned to the Unified Commands provides sufficient reason to look at program functional alignment and reserve integration. By standardizing RC FTS staff responsibilities under a functionally aligned RC, much like the J-Staff directors are aligned, each CINC will have his reserve expertise centric to its role of RC management.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 10, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378243
Entities
People
- Joeseph A. Viani
Organizations
- United States Army War College