The Army Makes a Bold Shift: Improving Reserve Training

Abstract

What the Reserve Components (RC) can do and how ready they are to do it have long concerned those charged with the nation's security. Many believe that future conflicts may demand greater responsiveness, particularly from combat units. After the Persian Gulf War the Army initiated a pilot program dubbed Bold Shift-to improve the training of high-priority RC units. Researchers from the RAND Arroyo Center analyzed the activities and performance of the pilot units, focusing on seven combat brigades. They found that the intensive training-unique in the peacetime history of the reserves-was widely accepted and generally effective for the units and reservists who participated. However, several features of the reserves limit what units can sustain, pointing to the need for a considerable period of postmobilization training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA391520

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  • RAND Corporation

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  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
  • Attrition
  • Education
  • Efficiency
  • Electronic Mail
  • Gulfs
  • International Organizations
  • Maneuvers
  • Military Education
  • Peacetime
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Qualifications
  • Simulations
  • Training
  • Turbulence
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  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.