Factors to Consider in Blending Active and Reserve Manpower Within Military Units

Abstract

A 2002 Department of Defense (DoD) report stated that the military services developed or adopted many innovative approaches to unit structures and organization as force size changed and operational tempo increased.1 The report suggested that organizational concepts leading to a more exible, capable force must be implemented more broadly to better capitalize on the capabilities and strengths of the reserve components. In particular, such organizational concepts include blending active component (AC) and reserve component (RC) workforces in military units. We de ne blending as any arrangement or event that brings active and reserve manpower together within organizations for a common purpose. At the organizational level where mission work is actually done, there is interest in workforce integration between the components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA467532

Entities

People

  • Harry J. Thie
  • Penelope Speed
  • Peter Schirmer
  • Roland J. Yardley
  • Rudolph H. Ehrenberg

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.