Alternative Approaches to Organizing, Training, and Assessing Army and MarineCorps Units. Part 2. The Reserve Component

摘要

This study comprises two parts. Part I develops alternative approaches toorganizing the active component of the Army and Marine Corps in the face of anticipated budget cuts. Part II develops alternative ways of organizing, manning, and training reserve component combat forces. The training readiness of reserve component combat maneuver units can be improved and their post-mobilization deployment times can be reduced. This will allow them to contribute more effectively to a short warning wartime scenario. Reserve readiness can be improved even further by improving simulator training of reserve units, especially in the key areas of battalion and brigade operations.