Building Readiness into National Guard Facilities
Abstract
The Army National Guard (ARNG) has a presence in 2,899 communities. In sum total, the ARNG has 26,132 buildings, including 2,237 armories and 110 training centers to support over 350,000 troops. Our role to support both the President of the United States and the Governors of our respective States and Territories presents us with a requirement to be ready for war on short notice and ready for Military Support to Civilian Authorities (MSCA) on no notice. Our armories were renamed "readiness centers," but they are not. They are undersized, in need of maintenance, do not support training at homestation, do not support the forces stationed in them, and do not support the joint and interagency needs of the force during MSCA events, either routine or catastrophic. In this research paper, I will determine exactly what requirements an armory must possess to earn the title of "readiness center" and thus contribute to the ability of the unit to be ready for war and to support their local community, state, and neighboring state(s) for MSCA events. By defining exactly how a facility contributes to making the unit it houses ready, I propose to influence the future design of our aging facilities before our leadership invests precious resources into new facilities and remodeling.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA560579
Entities
People
- Michael A. Abell
Organizations
- United States Army War College