Time for a Changing of the Guard

摘要

To remain relevant, the Army National Guard must completely divest GuardNet, its information technology network, and converge with the Army's Department of Defense Information Network. This step will prevent the Guard from reverting to a strategic reserve and enable full-time staffing of tactical communication system readiness to completely participate in dynamic force employment as an operational reserve. It also will repurpose the resources allocated to managing this nondeployable network so tactical units can meet the faster deployment time lines needed in the new security environment.