Accession Number:

ADA581317

Title:

Beyond an Operational Reserve

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL

Personal Author(s):

• Burkett, II, Ronald W.

Report Date:

2013-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

80.0

Abstract:

This analysis will demonstrate that the Military Reserves have contributed to the Operational Force, and it is these contributions that should be sustained. As strategies develop to guide the Defense establishment through a period of reduced budgets and changing strategic conditions, it is important to understand how the Reserves contribute to the operational concept. Equally important is an understanding of how this force fits within the Total Force Policy. The study initially includes analysis across all the services to establish total, operational, and strategic concepts however, it ultimately concentrates on the Army and its integration challenges.

Descriptors:

• *ACTIVE DUTY
• *ARMY
• *INTEGRATION
• *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• *MILITARY HISTORY
• *MILITARY RESERVES
• *POLICIES
• BERLIN
• COLD WAR
• COMBAT READINESS
• KOREAN WAR
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• MISSIONS
• PERSIAN GULF WAR
• SECOND WORLD WAR
• THESES
• VIETNAM WAR

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History
• Military Forces and Organizations
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE