| Air & Space Power Journal. Volume 27, Number 1, January-February 2013 |
Feb 2013 |
212 pages |
| Authors:
AIR AND SPACE POWER JOURNAL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The Symbiotic Relationship between the Air Force's Active and Reserve Components: Ensuring the Health of the Total Force |
Feb 2013 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce K Johnson; Scott Kniep; Sean F Conroy; AIR AND SPACE POWER JOURNAL MAXWELL AFB AL
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 | Following most major conflicts in our nation s history, the military services downsized, and their active component (AC) and reserve component (RC) faced similar dilemmas. Specifically, they had to maintain personnel readiness, modernize equipment, and retain enough force structure to meet defense strategy on a reduced budget. That situation hasn t changed. The war in Iraq is over, and major combat operations in Afghanistan remain on track to end in ... |
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| Force Structure: Army's Annual Report on Modularity Progress Needs More Complete and Clear Information to Aid Decision Makers |
16 Jan 2013 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| A significant change of the Army s transition to a modular design was that each modular brigade combat team would include two combat-focused, or maneuver, battalions, as opposed to the three maneuver battalions that made up a combat brigade in the previous divisional structure. However, the new modular brigades were envisioned to be just as capable due to different equipment including key enabler equipment such as advanced communications and surveillance ... |
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| Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress |
03 Jan 2013 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Feickert; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| On January 26, 2012, senior DoD leadership unveiled a new defense strategy based on a review of potential future security challenges, current defense strategy, and budgetary constraints. This new strategy envisions a smaller, leaner Army that is agile, flexible, rapidly deployable, and technologically advanced. This strategy will rebalance the Army's global posture and presence, emphasizing where potential problems are likely to arise, such as the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle ... |
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| A Policy Analysis of Reserve Retirement Reform |
Jan 2013 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Beth J Asch; James Hosek; Michael G Mattock; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| As the burden of defense borne by reserve forces has increased, more attention has been paid to differences between the compensation systems for the reserve and active components. One particular emphasis is on the retirement systems, a key difference being that reserve members who complete 20 years must wait until age 60 to draw their retirement benefits whereas active members can draw their benefits immediately. This monograph provides a policy ... |
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| A New Use for the Aerial Reconnaissance Multi-Sensor (ARMS) Aircraft: How to Appropriately Use the Arms Aircraft for Homeland Security without Infringement on the Posse Commitatus Act |
14 Dec 2012 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Tracy L Kennepp; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Army Reserve Aerial Reconnaissance Multi-Sensor (ARMS) Aircraft are no longer required to provide overwatch in Iraq. With budgetary constraints, both the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must employ fiscal responsibility by sharing assets. The ARMS aircraft can provide DHS similar overwatch capability as in Iraq, limiting the need for other more costly aerial assets and adding capacity. Additional mapping missions would increase operational ... |
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| Operations Brigade S3 Replaced by Operations Battalion |
06 Dec 2012 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Brad K Burns; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| In 2009, Lt. Gen. Thomas G. Miller, Commander, First Army, directed the development and implementation of an improved method to train and certify deploying units. LTG Miller's directives meant to improve and streamline First Army's operations and training support by consolidating the broader organization into seven Mobilization Training Centers (MTCs). The MTCs' purpose was to concentrate on training reservists for their specific missions while maintaining the ability and flexibility to ... |
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| The Air Force's Individual Mobilization Augmentee Program: Is the Current Organizational Structure Viable? |
Oct 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Robin G Sneed; Robert A Kilmer; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIR FORCE RESEARCH INST
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| The Air Force s individual mobilization augmentee (IMA) program provides trained, equipped, and ready reservists when the service needs them to support an operational requirement. A significant change to the Reserve brought about by Operation Desert Storm continues to affect this program. These reservists are assigned to active duty rather than Reserve units, so their program s organizational structure is unique and often confusing. Since an organization s configuration can ... |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report. Volume 19, Number 10 |
Oct 2012 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Francis L O'Donnell; ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Results in Brief: Improvements Needed in Transparency and Accountability of U.S. Army Reserve Component Equipment Transfers |
28 Sep 2012 |
3 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) ALEXANDRIA VA
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| We determined whether the Army had transparency and accountability for Army Reserve Components' (RCs) equipment transfers. We reviewed documentation for 290,500 pieces of equipment transferred between 2003 and 2011, valued at approximately $7.6 billion, to determine whether the Army followed DoD Directive 1225.6, Equipping the Reserve Forces, April 7, 2005 (Directive), when transferring equipment. We found that Army officials did not implement accountability procedures to verify the transfer and replacement ... |
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| Defense Logistics: Space-Available Travel Challenges May Be Exacerbated If Eligibility Expands |
10 Sep 2012 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Jr McTigue James R; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The space-available travel program is a privilege given to members of the armed forces to provide some relief from the rigors of duty when members are on leave. Retired members of the armed forces were also given the privilege in recognition of a career of such rigorous duty.1 This privilege may, in certain circumstances, be extended to other categories of passengers, such as dependents of active and retired members of ... |
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| Shaping the National Guard in a Post-War Environment |
Sep 2012 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Shane C Crofts; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The National Guard of the United States is the nation's oldest military service, tracing its roots to the Massachusetts Bay Colony of 1636. Since its inception, the Guard has enjoyed a unique dual-role responsibility of supporting state and federal missions, and while serving in every war since the American Revolution, Guardsmen and women have also supported domestic operations from the southwest border to Hurricane Katrina. Today, the Guard is a ... |
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| Exchanging Business Cards: The Impact of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 on Domestic Disaster Response |
Aug 2012 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
John L Conway III; AIR AND SPACE POWER JOURNAL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| This year's National Defense Authorization Act amended public law to allow the secretary of defense (upon the direction of the president) to mobilize reserve components involuntarily up to 120 days in response to natural or man-made disasters. This change will add more than 380,000 reserve Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines to the pool of potential responders, ensuring for the first time an all in military response to these events. |
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| U.S. Army War College Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) 2012-2013 |
Aug 2012 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Jordan Louis H; Steven Metz; Robert J Howell; David Connelly; Jeff Melody; John Surdu; Karla Brischke; Donald Cranz; John Gailliard; Brian C Proctor; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) is published annually for the purpose of making students and other researchers aware of strategic topics that are, or are likely to become, of special importance to the U.S. Army. The list is a compilation of input from the faculty at the Strategic Studies Institute, the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army's senior leadership, as well as from civilian and military defense experts. ... |
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| Diarrhea Outbreak During U.S. Military Training In El Salvador |
Jul 2012 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew R Kasper; Andres G Lescano; Carmen Lucas; Duncan Gilles; Brian J Biese; Gary Stolovitz; Erik J Reaves; NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INST DETACHMENT LIMA (PERU)
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| Infectious diarrhea remains a major risk to deployed military units worldwide in addition to their impact on travelers and populations living in the developing world. This report describes an outbreak of diarrheal illness in the U.S. military's 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade deployed in San Vicente, El Salvador during a training and humanitarian assistance mission. An outbreak investigation team from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit - Six conducted an epidemiologic survey ... |
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| Prior-Service Reserve Affiliation and Continuation Behavior. Volume 2 - Continuation |
Jul 2012 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer Schulte; Michelle Dolfini-Reed; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The continued reliance on reserve forces over the past decade has brought attention to the challenges in recruiting and retaining prior-service (PS) Marines to the Selected Reserve (SelRes).1 Although the Marine Corps has information on basic trends in affiliation and continuation, it does not know what is influencing Marines reserve affiliation and retention behavior. To develop an understanding of who affiliates with the SelRes, the Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve ... |
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| Analyzing Army Reserve Unsatisfactory Participants through Logistic Regression |
08 Jun 2012 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Brian A Davis; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The United States Army Reserve (USAR) provides forces critical to the success of the Regular Army and to support national military strategy as an operational force. The USAR continues to confront issues associated with a volunteer force serving in a part-time status. For a variety of reasons, some USAR Soldiers are unable to attend regular Battle Assemblies and Annual Training, which results in them being labeled Unsatisfactory Participants. This thesis ... |
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| The Eleventh Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. Main Report |
Jun 2012 |
293 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) faces fiscal challenges on many fronts; among them is the rising cost of personnel. The United States is slowly recovering from an unusually long and deep recession. The large federal budget deficit is creating mounting pressure to control growth in federal programs. It is within this context that the 11th QRMC was chartered to examine whether compensation levels are sufficient to sustain recruitment and retention ... |
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| The Eleventh Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. Supporting Research Papers |
Jun 2012 |
935 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| The research papers included in this volume were written in support of the 11th QRMC. They include more detailed discussion of the topics addressed in the main report, to include description of the data sets and methodology used in the various analyses. The views expressed in these papers represent those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense. |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report. Volume 19, Number 6 |
Jun 2012 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Francis L O'Donnell; John F Brundage; Ellen R Wertheimer; Denise S Olive; Leslie L Clark; ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Amputations of Upper and Lower Extremities, Active and Reserve Components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2011 |
Jun 2012 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Traumatic amputations of limbs profoundly alter the lives of aff ected service members. Service members are at risk for traumatic amputations of limbs during combat deployments as well as from other hazards such as motor vehicle accidents. From 2000 to 2011, there were 6,144 incident cases of traumatic amputations among 5,694 service members. Over one-third of these service members (n=2,037) had major amputations (i.e., loss of a hand or foot ... |
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| Deaths by Suicide While on Active Duty, Active and Reserve Components, U.S. Armed Forces, 1998-2011 |
Jun 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Since 2010, suicide has been the second leading cause of death among U.S service members, exceeded only by war injury. Suicide mortality rates in the Army and Marine Corps have increased during the confl icts in Iraq and Afghanistan however, most active duty service members who die by suicide have never deployed. During 1998-2011, 2,990 service members died by suicide while on active duty. Numbers and rates of suicide were ... |
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| The Need to Ensure Training Readiness in the Total Force |
31 May 2012 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Rex Hall; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The last time the draft provided augmentation to the active force was in 1973. Since then, the active force has become increasingly dependent upon the reserve components for augmentation. The evolution to a fully-integrated reserve component has been painful at times. From the Spanish-American War though the war in Vietnam, the United States relied partly on the draft to generate manpower for the forces that would go to war. After ... |
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| Avoiding a Hollow Force: Force Planning with Any Budget |
30 May 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Whittenberger William W; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The United States military has experienced a predictable cycle in force structure development that leads to a hollow force after substantial budgetary reductions. The author's thesis is that by better understanding the system used to develop military force structure, and by appreciating relevant historical examples, the military can institute measures to achieve balance in national security and to break that cycle. The research method for this thesis involved an examination ... |
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| U.S. Army Reserve Base Realignment & Closure (BRAC) - Sustainable Design & Construction in Action |
24 May 2012 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Steve Patarcity; OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ARMY RESERVE WASHINGTON DC
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| Military Disability System: Preliminary Observations on Efforts to Improve Performance |
23 May 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel Bertoni; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Since 2007, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have operated the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES), which combines what used to be separate DoD and VA disability evaluation processes and is intended to expedite benefits for injured servicemembers. Initially a pilot at 3 military treatment facilities, IDES is now DoD's standard process for evaluating servicemembers' fitness for duty and disability worldwide. In previous ... |
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| Mid-course Corrections: The Army Reserve's Campaign to Mitigate Its Officer Vacancies during the Global War on Terror |
17 May 2012 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Katherine Numerick; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| The United States Army Reserve (USAR) has experienced exceptional utilization since 2001 in the Global Wars on Terrorism (GWOT), requiring its transformation from a strategic to an operational posture. The Army and USAR used the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model to source combat rotations while executing this transformation, and currently plans to continue using it to plan readiness across the service. Throughout this endeavor, the USAR's officer vacancies were -- ... |
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| Bodybuilding, Energy, and Weight-Loss Supplements are Associated with Deployment and Physical Activity in U.S. Military Personnel |
May 2012 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Isabel G Jacobson; Jaime L Horton; Besa Smith; Timothy S Wells; Edward J Boyko; Harris R Lieberman; Margaret A Ryan; Tyler C Smith; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The characteristics of U.S. military personnel using dietary supplements have not been well described. Self-reported data from active-duty, Reserve, and National Guard participants in the Millennium Cohort Study (n=106,698) were used to determine whether deployment experience and physical activity were associated with the use of bodybuilding, energy, or weight-loss supplements. The study included participants from all three panels of the Cohort Study who completed a questionnaire during the 2007-2008 survey ... |
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| Reserve Component Joint Officer Qualification Requirements: A Reassessment |
02 Apr 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Langol; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 (GNA) requires active component (AC) military officers to achieve joint qualification prior to promotion to general or flag officer rank. The statute does not extend this requirement to the reserve components (RC). Instead, the GNA requires the Secretary of Defense to establish personnel policies emphasizing joint education and experience for RC officers. These policies are to be as similar as practicable to those established for ... |
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| Bridging the Engineer Gap from Tactical to Strategic |
Apr 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
J E Fleischner; III Hopkins Frank E; Damon G Montgomery; ARMY ENGINEER SCHOOL FORT LEONARD WOOD MO
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| Many times, engineers are thrown into an exercise regardless of their training. The result is the placement of tactical engineers at an operational level for which they don t have the appropriate skill set. Engineers who can bridge this gap are the Heroes of the Exercise, providing engineer planning and reachback to consistently stay ahead of the commander s decision cycle. In 2009, the first joint force engineer command (JFEC) ... |
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| Trajectories of Trauma Symptoms and Resilience in Deployed US Military Service Members: Prospective Cohort Study |
Apr 2012 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
George A Bonanno; Anthony D Mancini; Jaime L Horton; Teresa M Powell; Cynthia A LeardMann; Edward J Boyko; Timothy S Wells; Tomoko I Hooper; Gary D Gackstetter; Tyler C Smith; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CENTER FOR DEPLOYMENT HEALTH RESEARCH
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| Previous attempts to determine the psychological cost of military deployment have been limited by reliance on convenience samples, lack of predeployment data or confidentiality, and cross-sectional designs. This study addressed these limitations using a population-based, prospective study of U.S. military personnel deployed in support of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The sample consisted of U.S. military service members in all branches, including active duty, reserve, and national guard who ... |
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| Army Civil Affairs Functional Specialists: On the Verge of Extinction |
22 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis Edwards; PEACEKEEPING AND STABILITY OPERATIONS INST FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| World War II marked the beginning of the greatest use of Civil Affairs (CA) functional specialists in U.S. history. CA personnel utilized civil sector expertise to help rebuild governments in both the European and Pacific theaters. Since its establishment as a U.S. Army Reserve branch in 1955, CA has been conducted by Army Reservists who employ their civilian-acquired skills to provide expertise in civil sector systems and functions such as ... |
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| Building Partner Capacity at Best Value |
22 Mar 2012 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Sean F Mulcahey; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The United States has a new defense strategy. The global strategic environment is changing and defense resources are declining. This has caused the U.S. military to increase emphasis on building partner capacity as a way to achieve strategic security objectives with fewer resources and a smaller force. The new strategy demands that the Army seek strategy alternatives that achieve best value for the resources available. The Army must preserve the ... |
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| Rebalancing Army Civil Affairs: The Key to Military Governance |
22 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Scot N Storey; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The armed forces of the United States have been fully engaged in the task of nation building for more than 10 years. History reveals that military forces are required to bring stability and ultimately democracy to a region, a lesson repeatedly recorded and effectively implemented in the past. However, recent operations demonstrate that this capability has atrophied in the past few decades. This paper examines the Army's role in modern ... |
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| ARFORGEN: Means to an Operational Reserve |
22 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
William Ayers; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As a critical component of the Total Army, the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) has adopted a supply-based Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model as a means to provide a responsive and unique force comprised of Citizen-Soldiers to meet the security requirements of combatant commanders. But the transition of the USAR to an enduring operational force with ARFORGEN is not yet complete. Fully implementing ARFORGEN in the USAR requires feasible and acceptable ... |
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| Risk and Reward of an Operational Marine Corps Reserve |
21 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Curtis A Mason; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Send in the Marines. For over 235 years America's strategic leaders have called upon the Nation's expeditionary force-in-readiness to protect and defend our interests, whether at home or abroad. The Marine Corps is an air, ground, and logistics total force enterprise that provides the United States with a capability unequaled by any organization in the world. The Marine Corps' total force structure consists of an active component (AC) and a ... |
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| Achieving Jurisdictional Equivalency: Is the Army Guard a Divided Profession? |
21 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Scott M MacLeod; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In January 2011, then Army Chief of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, began the Army Profession Campaign by releasing an Army White Paper that called for a dialogue concerning the state of the profession after nine years of war. General Dempsey insisted that it was, essential that we take a hard look at ourselves to ensure we understand what we have been through over the past nine years, how we have ... |
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| Defense Drawdowns: Analysis with Implications |
21 Mar 2012 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
John Ulrich; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| During drawdowns, the nation historically reduces defense spending to about $375 billion, in real terms. Currently, the nation is expending $646 billion for defense, including war-related funding on top of the $531 billion base budget. With decreasing operations in Afghanistan, the nation's challenging fiscal and economic situations will also demand significant reductions in the base defense budget. If the nation follows historical patterns during the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) ... |
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| Military Training: Observations on the Army's Implementation of a Metric for Measuring Ground Force Training |
16 Mar 2012 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Sharon L Pickup; Mike Ferren; Bruce Brown; Grace Coleman; Donna Evans; Charles Perdue; Steve Pruitt; Sharon Reid; Amie Steele; Susan Tindall; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In 2008, the Army issued a field manual that identified the need to expand its training focus so units would be trained and ready to operate across a full spectrum of operations, including offensive, defensive, stability, and civil support operations. To support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army has focused its ground force training on preparing units for counterinsurgency operations. With the withdrawal from operations in Iraq, fewer units ... |
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| Reorganizing the 7th Civil Support Command in Europe |
12 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Alan K Schrews; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The 7th Civil Support Command located in Kaiserslautern, Germany, is the only Army Reserve command entirely stationed on foreign soil. Since 2008, the command has transformed from an administrative command to a deployable operational command specializing in Foreign Consequence Management. Currently, the 7th Civil Support Command's major capabilities are provided by civil affairs units, civil support teams, and a deployable headquarters element. After an in-depth review of the 7th Civil ... |
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| Maintaining an Operational U.S. Army Reserve through Medical Readiness |
07 Mar 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Todd M Lazaroski; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Our nation is currently reflecting upon the last decade of commitment our forces have made in meeting operational requirements in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the past ten years, the USAR has not met medical readiness goals set by the DoD. This paper examines the current USAR medical readiness process and its ability to sustain an Operational Reserve. This analysis compares the performance of current processes against DoD requirements and the ... |
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| Is the Army's Reserve Component Imbalanced, Separate and Unequal? |
02 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Tyrone D Clifton; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This Strategy Research Project argues that the Army's Reserve Component (RC) is imbalanced, separate, and unequal. The Army's RC is the largest Reserve Component within the Department of Defense (DoD), providing 50 percent of the Army's forces and capabilities. Even as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan draw down and the defense budget is about to undergo a significant reduction, the Army's RC will have to be a relevant, efficient, ... |
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| Development of a Markov Model for Forecasting Continuation Rates for Enlisted Prior Service and Non-Prior Service Personnel in the Selective Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) |
Mar 2012 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Erhardt Bruce J; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The purpose of this thesis is to develop a Markov model to determine the continuation rates for Prior Service and Non-Prior Service enlisted populations in the Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR). Determining the end-strength for these populations is necessary for reserve manpower planners to balance the force structure to minimize personnel overages or underages that would impact training and labor costs as well as career progression. The results of model ... |
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| United States Marine Corps Reserve First Term Attrition Characteristics |
Mar 2012 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
Philip R Herschelman; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| This thesis examines the effect of attrition on U.S. Marine Corps Reserve non-prior service marines who enlisted with a 6X2 contract in FY 1994-2005. Three cohorts were established to determine if the events of September 11, 2001 had any impact on attrition rates with this population. The Pre-9/11 cohort enlisted in FY 1994-1995 and was used as a control group. The Overlap-9/11 cohort enlisted in FY 1996-2001 and had no ... |
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| Optimal Career Progression of Ground Combat Arms Officers in the Marine Reserve |
Mar 2012 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen Reamy; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this thesis is to examine career progression for ground combat arms officers in the Marine Corps Reserve, and to identify gaps between current and optimal career progression. Recent policy changes provide the catalyst for this thesis. On 4 December 2006, the Marine Corps announced the implementation of the Officer Candidate Course-Reserve. At the time, active component manpower practices and historically high retention rates resulted in reduced numbers ... |
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| U.S. Economic Debt Crisis Solutions: Adjusting Army Manpower |
27 Feb 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
David Fleckenstein; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In response to the United States Government's debt, which exceeded $14 trillion by the third quarter 2011, Congress agreed to a plan to reduce government spending. This two-part plan raised the debt ceiling by $2 trillion through 2012, but included a caveat of $2.5 trillion in future reductions. Prior to the July 2011 Congressional agreement, the Defense Department had identified savings totaling $450 billion, but additional military spending cuts are ... |
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| Air Mobility Command's Total Force Integration: A Critical Analysis |
26 Feb 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Joe H Santos; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In 2007, Air Force Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley initiated the Air Force's total force integration (TFI) effort designed to cement 680,000 active duty, Air National Guard (ANG), Air Force Reserve Airmen and civilian employees into a more capable and efficient force by accessing aircraft assigned to ANG, Reserve, or active duty bases by members of a different air component through squadron association. Unfortunately, there is little evidence ... |
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| Always an Airman: Enhancing the USAF Reserve's Continuum of Service |
09 Feb 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher Cronce; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The momentum to strengthen the Continuum of Service concept within the Department of Defense and the services has steadily increased over the last 10 years. Varying programs, initiatives, and processes have been created by each of the services with the intent of easing a military member's transition through the different active, reserve, and civilian duty statuses. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Air Force Reserve have made great progress towards ... |
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| National Guard and Reserve Equipment Report for Fiscal Year 2013 (NGRER FY 2013) |
Feb 2012 |
281 pages |
| Authors:
Denise L Loring; ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (RESERVE AFFAIRS) WASHINGTON DC
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| The Reserve Component (RC) has transformed into an operational force proving to be capable in all worldwide functions whether on land, at sea, or in the air. The RC is stronger than ever with four of the individual Reserve Components meeting or exceeding their fiscal year (FY) 2012 accession goals. The Services are achieving predictability in deployments, while performing real and meaningful work as members of the Total Force. Significant ... |
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| Highlights of the Department of the Navy FY 2013 Budget |
Feb 2012 |
156 pages |
| Authors:
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND COMPTROLLER) WASHINGT ON DC
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| The Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget reflects a strategic inflection point as we transition from today s conflicts and position the Navy-Marine Corps team for the challenges of tomorrow. Aligned with the new strategic guidance for the Department of Defense (DoD) and constrained by economic and fiscal challenges, the Department of the Navy (DON) will continue operating forward across the globe, providing the nation offshore options to deter and defeat ... |
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