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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Government publications Languages : en Pages : 480
Book Description
In the continuing effort to maintain a ready force and honor the United States commitments throughout the world, in 1993 the Chief of Staff of the Army directed a test of the use of Reserve Component forces for the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission in the Sinai. A battalion composed of 80% RC individual volunteers and 20% Active Component soldiers was activated, trained and deployed as the 28th MFO rotation to the Sinai (Jan-Jul 95). ARI conducted an assessment of personnel and training issues using performance, interview and survey data. The four research questions and their findings are as follows. (1) Personnel: Who volunteered and why? What, if any, changes should be made to the volunteer screening process? (2) Family Support: How well did the family support system work? What was the impact of Sinai service on the family and civilian lives of volunteers? (3) Training/Performance: What are the unique and minimal training requirements? Did the training process produce a cohesive unit that could perform the mission? (4) Impact on the 29th ID(L): What is the impact on the ARYG units that sent volunteers, both during the deployment and post-deployment? Recommendations for future deployments are discussed in the text. ARI will continue to assess the impact of the deployment and post-redeployment re-entry on National Guard soldier commitment/retention, marital stability and financial well-being through October 1997. Cost analyses are not included in the ARI portion of the MFO assessment.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Government publications Languages : en Pages : 480
Book Description
In the continuing effort to maintain a ready force and honor the United States commitments throughout the world, in 1993 the Chief of Staff of the Army directed a test of the use of Reserve Component forces for the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission in the Sinai. A battalion composed of 80% RC individual volunteers and 20% Active Component soldiers was activated, trained and deployed as the 28th MFO rotation to the Sinai (Jan-Jul 95). ARI conducted an assessment of personnel and training issues using performance, interview and survey data. The four research questions and their findings are as follows. (1) Personnel: Who volunteered and why? What, if any, changes should be made to the volunteer screening process? (2) Family Support: How well did the family support system work? What was the impact of Sinai service on the family and civilian lives of volunteers? (3) Training/Performance: What are the unique and minimal training requirements? Did the training process produce a cohesive unit that could perform the mission? (4) Impact on the 29th ID(L): What is the impact on the ARYG units that sent volunteers, both during the deployment and post-deployment? Recommendations for future deployments are discussed in the text. ARI will continue to assess the impact of the deployment and post-redeployment re-entry on National Guard soldier commitment/retention, marital stability and financial well-being through October 1997. Cost analyses are not included in the ARI portion of the MFO assessment.
Author: Spencer W. Robinson Publisher: ISBN: 9781423506034 Category : Civil defense Languages : en Pages : 95
Book Description
In this thesis I examine the role of the National Guard in supporting current National Security and National Military Strategy. I argue that the global security environment has changed drastically since the end of the Cold War making "Homeland Security" a primary mission for the military, specifically the National Guard. Concurrently, the unprecedented number of overseas deployments to perform peacekeeping missions has severely affected the active Army's combat capability. I argue that the US Army has not embraced the requirements for "Homeland Security," focusing instead on maintaining its 10 active division force structure. To meet the needs of National Military Strategy, the active Army has instead relied on the reserve components to perform overseas peacekeeping missions. I argue that the National Guard has also looked to performing these missions as a method of institutional survival. Together, both components have undermined the Constitutional underpinnings of the Reserve Component as a strategic reserve, to be mobilized in cases of "war or national emergency." I argue that making "Homeland Security" a primary federal mission of the National Guard, along with restructuring current combat, combat support, and combat service support ratios will allow the National Guard to support National Military Strategy and "Homeland Security."
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Military Forces and Personnel Subcommittee Publisher: ISBN: Category : Military planning Languages : en Pages : 160
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309184428 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 94
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As the twenty-first century approaches, the number of full-time, active duty personnel in the U.S. military (excluding the Reserves and National Guard) is about 1.4 million, the lowest level since before World War II. Nevertheless, the U.S. military is supposed to be prepared to fight two major-theater wars almost simultaneously while conducting peacekeeping operations and other assignments around the globe. To fulfill this wide range of missions, the U.S. military must continue to rely on the Reserves and National Guard, which are known collectively as the reserve components. The current number of reserve components is almost equal to the number of active duty personnel. In the case of the U.S. Army, the number of reserves is double the number of active personnel. This study addresses how technology can be used to improve the readiness and effectiveness of the reserve components and their integration with the active components. Many technologies are expected to enhance the capabilities of the U.S. military in the twenty-first century, including precision weapons, high-fidelity sensors, long-range surveillance, enhanced stealth characteristics, and advanced communications and information systems. This study reaffirms the importance of improved communication and information systems, for improving comprehensive training and accelerating the mobilization of reserve components for military missions in the coming decade. Although programs using these technologies are already under way in both the reserve and active components of the military, this study focuses on the effectiveness of reserve components and active-reserve integration.
Author: Joseph D. Hagman Publisher: ISBN: Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 112
Book Description
This report provides a catalog of selected research and development (R&D) products produced between 1985-1998 by the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) for the Reserve Component (RC) (i.e., Army National Guard and Reserve). The catalog contains seven chapters. The first describes ARI and its mission, and then the RC, its organization and strength, and how its operational environment differs from that of the Active Component (AC). The next two describe products that use training aids, devices, simulators, and simulations (TADSS) to overcome individual/crew (Chapter 2) and unit/battle staff (Chapter 3) training time constraints. Chapter 4 talks about products designed to bring geographically dispersed soldiers closer together via distance learning. Chapter 5 describes the results of our efforts to understand and predict RC soldier attrition. Chapter 6 tells what we know about RC soldiers' reactions to being called up for deployment, and the feasibility of using a composite AC/RC unit for peacekeeping missions. The final chapter concludes with what we think is the payoff from the products described. The catalog's product summaries include why, how, and with/for whom work was done, what was found/developed, what the conclusions/implications are, and where more information can be found. In doing so, we hope to reveal not only what ARI has done up until now, hut also the scope of what it is capable of doing in the future, to support RC R&D product needs of the 21st Century.
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Author: Spencer W. Robinson
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Military Forces and Personnel Subcommittee
Author: National Research Council
Author: Ruth H. Phelps
Author: Joseph D. Hagman