Army National Guard Readiness: Transforming to Meet the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

摘要

As the United States entered the twenty-first century many issues relating to national security were unresolved yet to many Americans the major security concern or threat for the turn of the new century revolved around a topic commonly referred to as the Y2K concern. Nineteen months and eleven days later our new century brought in a not new but rather a different threat which has and continues to transform our people our way of life and our national security strategies and policies. The events of September 11 2001 embarked this nation on a War on Terrorism which is redefining our National Security Strategy and which has many organizations and agencies within the Department of Defense rethinking their strategies as to how to transform in order to better meet the national strategy objectives. The Army National Guard of the United States is one such organization which will need to transform in order to remain America's strategic reserve and remain a relevant affordable and accessible force. Therefore Army National Guard readiness is not only essential but also critical to achieving the highest priority of the U.S. military which is to defend the nation from all enemies.