The Future Role of Army National Guard Special Forces

Abstract

For the past 10 years, Army National Guard (ARNG) Special Forces (SF) soldiers have been operating alongside their Active Component Special Forces brothers in both Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the operational force. These ARNG soldiers have achieved a readiness level comparable with the AC in training, equipment, and personnel. However, the war in Iraq is over, the war in Afghanistan is drawing down, and America is facing an economic recession resulting in the ARNG SF once again becoming a strategic reserve. This, in turn, is dramatically affecting the ARNG SF units in areas of readiness, morale, and retention. An appropriate alternative must be determined to overcome this transformation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589598

Entities

People

  • James M. Jones

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Combatant Commanders
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Green Berets
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Special Forces
  • Training
  • United States Northern Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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