Is There a Need For a Joint Reserve Components Command?

Abstract

With the fiscal challenges facing the nation and in light of the budget and manpower cuts across the Department of Defense, the military will have to plan on doing more with less. Reliance upon the RC will be greater now than ever before. Not only will the Military Services rely more on the RC but also on Joint operations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the feasibility of establishing a Joint Reserve Components Command (JRCC), which would exercise organizational and functional control over the reserve component elements of the United States Armed Forces. This paper will examine the history of the Reserve Components, challenges with joint interoperability and offer an option to overcome those challenges. Further, the proposed organizational structure preserves the integrity and unique abilities of each of the disparate elements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589123

Entities

People

  • Daniel A. Cole

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Reserves
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.