ARNG Aviation Contributions since 9/11

摘要

Since the attacks on 9/11, the Army has relied heavily on the Army National Guard (ARNG) to conduct contingency combat operations and steady-state peacetime engagements for Combatant Commanders overseas. As a result, the Army has deployed more than 427,446 ARNG Soldiers since September 2001. That is an impressive number considering the ARNG has a total end-strength of 334,191 Soldiers. The ARNG has also deployed 48,540 Soldiers with 2,637 Aviation units which includes 100% of their Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades (ECAB) and subordinate battalions, Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Groups (TASMG), and Aviation Air Traffic Services (ATS) formations. More than 48% of total Army Aviation force structure resides in the ARNG. With almost half of Aviation force structure in the ARNG, the Army cannot fight and win a major conflict without a Total Army solution. ARNG Aviation units have a demonstrated record of success through nearly two decades of sustained accessibility, readiness, and reliability conducting overseas contingency operations alongside our Active Component (AC) team-mates. Our nation cannot afford the force structure required to deter and defeat potential adversaries. As budgets shrink and global demand for forces increase, sustaining force structure in the Reserve Components is an efficient way to maintain readiness, capability, and capacity.