Reshaping the Army's Active and Reserve Components

Abstract

This document reports the results of a research project entitled Utilization of Reserve Components Under the Army Force Generation Model. The purpose of the project was to assess the utilization of U.S. Army active and reserve forces and to analyze policy options to improve utilization of reserve forces with respect to the U.S. Secretary of Defense s planning objectives. To meet this objective, we reviewed U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy for managing the active and reserve components and identified different measures of utilization. We then examined the variation in utilization of capabilities across Army components and considered ways in which the Army could adjust the balance of capabilities to rebalance and equitably distribute the burden of deployment/mobilization on Army personnel. The findings should be of interest to policymakers involved in managing the active and reserve components in DoD and in each of the services, particularly the Army; to defense planners interested in how the services may balance current demands in Iraq and Afghanistan with the need to prepare for emerging, unanticipated missions; and to researchers with a general interest in military manpower and personnel issues. This research was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation, and conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community. For more information on the RAND Forces and Resources Policy Center, see http://www.rand.org/nsrd/ndri/centers/frp.html or cont

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA554308

Entities

People

  • Celeste W. Gventer
  • John D. Winkler
  • Kristy N. Kamarck
  • Michael L. Hansen

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Artillery
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Defense
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy