Can the Individual Reserves Fill Mobilization Needs? PDF Download

Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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The U.S. military forces are currently manned at a peacetime level. A large number of personnel is needed to bring the forces up to a wartime level. Personnel having military experience would be provided by the Active Forces, the Selected Reserve, the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), the Standby Reserve, and the Retired Reserves. In later months, these pretrained personnel could be supplemented by newly trained draftees or volunteers. However, there is a serious shortfall in pretrained personnel. An examination of the Army's Total Force elements in both fiscal year 1964 and 1978 shows that in 1978 the Army's largest strength decline was in the IRR. Whereas the strength of the Active Army, the Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve, collectively, declined about 20 percent, the IRR has fallen from a level of 461,000 to 177,000, which is a reduction of 62 percent. The Army Total Force of almost 2.3 million in 1964 has been reduced by more than 700,000. The Office of the Secretary of Defense is considering the following programs for resolving the mobilization shortages: extending the 6-year obligation to women, stopping the automatic transfer of IRR members to the Standby Reserve, screening of active duty and Selected Reserve separatees for transfer to the Army IRR, using a direct enlistment program into the IRR, restoring the 2-year enlistment option for the Active Forces, using retirees and civilians, drafting veterans, and extending the 6-year obligation to 9 years. It is highly unlikely that all of these proposed improvements will materialize. In fact, GAO believes that drafting veterans could hinder the services' ability to attract volunteers for the Active Forces, the Guard, and the Reserve Force. This could be particularly true if potential volunteers realize that they will have an additional obligation in the event of mobilization, whereas their peers and associates would not have similar obligations. Concerning the IRR, it was stated that some 70 percent would report if called. Approximately 75 percent of the filler and replacement needs for the Army would be in the combat arms, or the medical, combat engineer, and direct support fields; however, only 25 percent of the IRR personnel possess these primary skills. Neither the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense nor the services have made provisions for retraining nor have they made an assessment of existing skills. In addition, the mobilization needs of the Army are mostly for young low-rank enlisted personnel, and a disproportionate number of men and women in the supplementary pools are noncommissioned or commissioned officers.

Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721504879
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Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Can the Individual Reserves Fill Mobilization Needs?

Author: Haywood L. West
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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In the event of a future military mobilization, the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) would be an immediate source of pretrained individual manpower. The IRR would be tasked to provide personnel as fillers for deploying active and reserve units and as individual casualty replacements in any theater of operations. The role of the IRR would be particularly critical in the event a mobilization were required with little or no warning. It takes time to institute a draft, substantially expand the current training base, and to produce trained and deployable soldiers. This time period would be no less than 90 days from the initial day of mobilization up to 180 days depending on the military occupational specialties (MOS) needed. It is in this first three to six months that the IRR plays such an important role. If the soldiers comprising the IRR or the personnel and training mechanisms responsible for their management are not ready, then the value of the IRR as a mobilization asset is questionable. This study examines the IRR as a mobilization asset and focuses on those elements which are critical in its early utilization. It observes that some automated systems need refining both in determining mobilization requirements and in actually effecting a mobilization call up. Training is examined in relation to skill retention and the absence of standardized and effective programs for mobilization refresher training is highlighted. The study concludes that an effective mobilization training program for the IRR needs to be implemented.

Author: United States. Marine Corps
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Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 916

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Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1232

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309184428
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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As the twenty-first century approaches, the number of full-time, active duty personnel in the U.S. military (excluding the Reserves and National Guard) is about 1.4 million, the lowest level since before World War II. Nevertheless, the U.S. military is supposed to be prepared to fight two major-theater wars almost simultaneously while conducting peacekeeping operations and other assignments around the globe. To fulfill this wide range of missions, the U.S. military must continue to rely on the Reserves and National Guard, which are known collectively as the reserve components. The current number of reserve components is almost equal to the number of active duty personnel. In the case of the U.S. Army, the number of reserves is double the number of active personnel. This study addresses how technology can be used to improve the readiness and effectiveness of the reserve components and their integration with the active components. Many technologies are expected to enhance the capabilities of the U.S. military in the twenty-first century, including precision weapons, high-fidelity sensors, long-range surveillance, enhanced stealth characteristics, and advanced communications and information systems. This study reaffirms the importance of improved communication and information systems, for improving comprehensive training and accelerating the mobilization of reserve components for military missions in the coming decade. Although programs using these technologies are already under way in both the reserve and active components of the military, this study focuses on the effectiveness of reserve components and active-reserve integration.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
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Languages : en
Pages : 1098

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