Increased and Protracted Operational Tempo of the United States Army Reserve: Some Strategic Implications

Abstract

Continued mobilization of Army Reserve personnel in support of the National Military Strategy will eventually degrade U.S. Army Reserve Command's (USARO) personnel readiness. In the past decade the Army Reserve has contributed significantly to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm to Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom - along with various peacekeeping missions. Further the Army Reserve is heavily engaged in the on-going War on Terrorism. So this continuing demand for active participation of the Army Reserve is jeopardizing the Army Reserve's readiness status. Senior leaders must seek short-and long- term solutions to these protracted extraordinary demands on the USARC's personnel - our citizen soldiers. Otherwise the inevitable deterioration of USARO personnel readiness will adversely impact our ability to execute the National Military Strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424211

Entities

People

  • Dennis L. Turnage

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Cold War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • General Officers
  • Homeland Security
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Strategy
  • Militia
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Strategic Security Studies