Increased and Protracted Operational Tempo of the United States Army Reserve: Some Strategic Implications

摘要

Continued mobilization of Army Reserve personnel in support of the National Military Strategy will eventually degrade U.S. Army Reserve Command's (USARO) personnel readiness. In the past decade the Army Reserve has contributed significantly to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm to Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom - along with various peacekeeping missions. Further the Army Reserve is heavily engaged in the on-going War on Terrorism. So this continuing demand for active participation of the Army Reserve is jeopardizing the Army Reserve's readiness status. Senior leaders must seek short-and long- term solutions to these protracted extraordinary demands on the USARC's personnel - our citizen soldiers. Otherwise the inevitable deterioration of USARO personnel readiness will adversely impact our ability to execute the National Military Strategy.