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Options for Improving Strategic Utilization of the Air Reserve Component for Sustained Active-Duty Missions / AGNES GEREBEN SCHAEFER, KIMBERLY JACKSON, MARIA MCCOLLESTER, THOMAS BUSH, LAURA KUPE, KATHERINE L. KIDDER, PAUL EMSLIE, MICHAEL H. PHAN, THOMAS GOUGHNOUR.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schaefer, Agnes Gereben
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Air Force--Reserves.
- United States.
- United States--Armed Forces--Reserves.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2022
- Summary:
- Since the mid-twentieth century, the U.S. military's reserve components have shifted from primarily a strategic force to today's operational force composed of both part-time and full-time members. The aftermath of the attacks on September 11, 2001, led to an increase in the demand for U.S. military forces to project U.S. power around the globe and to the emergence of the reserve components as an operational force. However, there is inherent tension and contradiction in the operational force construct, for it insists on having reserve components-which are, by definition, a part-time force to be held in "reserve"-that are also ready for conflict at any time. The authors analyze how statutes, personnel policies, and resource policies constrain how Air Reserve Component (ARC) personnel are utilized to perform frequent or long-term active component operational requirements; suggest potential changes that would make accessing the ARC more efficient; and suggest specific strategic solutions for an operational ARC. The researchers used a mixed methodology consisting of focused legal and policy reviews, informational discussions with senior U.S. Air Force leaders, and an analysis of U.S. Air Force personnel data.
- Contents:
- CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
- CHAPTER TWO: Historical Evolution from Strategic to Operational Reserve
- CHAPTER THREE: How the Air Reserve Component Is Currently Utilized for Frequent and Long-Term Active-Duty Missions
- CHAPTER FOUR: Statutory Constraints to Utilization of Air Reserve Component Members
- CHAPTER FIVE: Resource, Policy, and Permeability Constraints to Utilization of Air Reserve Component Members
- CHAPTER SIX: Conclusions and Recommendations to Improve Utilization of Air Reserve Component Members for Sustained Active-Duty Missions
- APPENDIX: Total Requested Man-Days by Air Force Specialty Code in Fiscal Year 2018.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF document (title page; viewed September 16, 2022)
- "RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE"
- "Prepared for the Department of the Air Force"
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-118)
- Description based on electronic resource
- ISBN:
- 1977410073
- 9781977410078
- OCLC:
- 1346523923
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