Providing indispensable capabilities to the Total Force

America’s Army Reserve:

An Enduring

Operational Force

Chief of Staff,

United States Army Reserve

Agenda

Strategic Roles of Reserve Components

The Army Reserve Mission

Army Reserve Structure

Comparison of Reserve Components

Discussion

Strategic Roles of Reserve Components

Provide Capabilities not resident in the Active

Component

Provide additional capacity – reinforcements – to the

Active Component

Domestic emergency response and disaster assistance

Manage individual skills

Connect with the homeland / civil populace

The Army’s Reserve Components

The Army National Guard

The Army Reserve

Troop Program Units

Individual Mobilization Augmentees

The Individual Ready Reserve

The Retired and Standby Reserves

Other U.S. Reserve Components

Air Force

Air Force Reserve

Air National Guard

Navy Reserve

Marine Corps Reserve

Coast Guard Reserve

Army Reserve Mission & Vision

Army Reserve Mission

The Army Reserve provides trained, equipped,

and ready Soldiers and cohesive units to meet

global requirements across the full spectrum of

operations.

Army Reserve Vision

As an enduring operational force, the Army

Reserve is the premier force provider of America’s

Citizen-Soldiers for planned and emerging

missions at home and abroad. Enhanced by

civilian skills that serve as a force multiplier, we

deliver vital military capabilities essential to the

Total Force.

Evolution of the Army Reserve. Today’s Army Reserve is no longer a

strategic, supplemental force. Since 9/11, it has been a crucial element

of the Army’s overall deployable strength and war fighting team.

Providing Essential Operational Capabilities. The Army Reserve

provides integral support units and specific functions as an element of

the total operational force.

Operational, Functional, Training, and Supporting Commands (FY13)

6

88 RSC Ft McCoy, WI

81 RSC Ft Jackson, SC

63 RSC Moffett Field, CA

416 TEC Darien, IL

412 TEC Vicksburg, MS

87 USAR

SUP CMD (E)) Birmingham, AL

85 USAR

SUP CMD (W) Arlington Heights, IL

84th Tng Cmd (UR) Ft Knox, KY

75 MCTD Houston, TX

108 Tng Cmd (IET) Charlotte, NC

80 Tng Cmd (TASS) Richmond, VA

3 MDSC Ft Gillem, GA

311 SC(T) Ft Shafter, HI

(MOU Support)

AR MEDCOM Pinellas Park, FL

335 SC(T) East Point, GA

9 MSC Honolulu, HI

(MOU Support)

11 TAC Ft Knox, KY

200 MP Cmd Ft Meade, MD

MIRC Ft Belvoir, VA

USACAPOC Ft Bragg, NC

1 MSC Ft Buchanan, PR

377 TSC New Orleans, LA

99 RSC JB MDL, NJ 807 MDSC

Salt Lake City, UT

USARJSTSC Salt Lake City, UT

79 SSC Los Alamitos, CA

UAU Ft Bragg, NC

ARCD Morrow, GA

USASOC CMD

SUP UNIT McDill AFB, FL

ARRTC(P) Ft Knox, KY

USAR SPT CMD (1A) Rock Island, IL

USAR SUP CMD

1A DIV (E) Ft Meade, MD

USAR SUP CMD

1A DIV (W) Ft Hood, TX

ASA DIX JB MDL, NJ

USAG FT MCCOY Ft McCoy, WI

USAG FT

BUCHANAN Ft Buchanan, PR

USAG FT

HUNTER LIGGETT Ft HL, CA

7 Civil Spt Cmd Kaiserslautern, GM

(MOU Support)

Operational Commands

-Theater-level capabilities

-Operational command headquarters are deployable units

-Can deploy individual subordinate units

Functional Commands

-Maintain and generate specific kinds of capabilities

-Deploy their subordinate units

-Headquarters are not deployable

3rd Medical

Deployment

Support Command

807th Medical

Deployment

Support Command

11th Theater

Aviation

Command

200th Military

Police

Command

311th Signal

Command

(Theater)

335th Signal

Command

(Theater)

412th Theater

Engineer

Command

416th Theater

Engineer

Command

9th Mission

Support

Command

Civil Affairs &

Psychological

Operations Command

Military Intelligence

Readiness

Command

Army Reserve

Medical

Command

79th

Sustainment

Support Command

7th Civil

Support

Command

1st Mission

Support

Command

Training Commands

-Provide routine training of Army, Army Reserve, and Army

National Guard Soldiers

75th Mission

Command

Training Division

80th Training

Command (Total Army

School System)

84th Training

Command (Unit

Readiness)

108th Training

Command (Initial

Entry Training)

Army Reserve

Readiness

Training Center

First Army

U.S. Army

Reserve Support

Command

First Army

U.S. Army

Reserve Support

Command (West)

85th U.S. Army

Reserve Support

Command

(West)

87th U.S. Army

Reserve Support

Command

(East)

First Army

U.S. Army

Reserve Support

Command (East)

Army Support

Activity

Fort Dix

63rd RSC

USARC

Augmentation

Unit

Army Reserve

Careers

Division

USASOC

Support

Unit

Joint & Special

Troops Support

Command

U.S. Army

Garrison

Fort Buchanan

U.S. Army

Garrison, Fort

Hunter-Liggett

U.S. Army

Garrison

Fort McCoy

99th RSC 88th RSC 81st RSC

Supporting Commands

-RSCs provide base, logistics, and

personnel support

-ARCD provides recruiting and

retention support

USARC / OCAR

Army Reserve: Complementary

Capabilities

2013 Selected Reserve

Endstrength

205,000 Warrior Citizens

(19% of the Army)

16,261 Active Guard and Reserve

8,395 Military Technicians

4,000 Individual Mobilization

Augmentees

USAR % ARNG % AC %

JAG 94 6 0

Civil Affairs 80 0 20

Chaplain 80 20 0

Military History 75 22 3

Psy Ops 61 0 39

Postal & Personnel 61 9 30

Quartermaster 62 15 23

Medical 58 16 26

Chemical 43 35 22

Public Affairs 40 45 15

Transportation 42 40 18

Military Intelligence 25 20 55

Engineers 29 46 25

Military Police 24 45 31

We are the Army! Below is the percentage of total Army

units, by type, assigned to the Reserve Component:

Capabilities that are primarily in the

Reserve Component

Capabilities that are specifically in

the Army Reserve

Strategic Role Comparison

Army Reserve

• First priority is to provide

forces to the Total Army

• Force is structured to keep

capabilities that are not in the

Active Component

• CG/CAR Reports to

Commander, FORSCOM and

Chief of Staff of the Army

• Units OPCON to Army

Commands (FORSCOM,

USAREUR, and USARPAC)

Army National Guard

• Equal priority between state

and Federal commitments

• Force is structured to mirror

the Active Component combat

force

• Have many separate and

equal chains of authority –

state governors, National

Guard Bureau, and Army

• Units report to TAGs except

when mobilized

Reserves are Cost Effective

Active Army Army National

Guard Army Reserve

Personnel $ 50,182 M $ 8,103 M $ 4,486 M

Operations and

Maintenance $ 72,794 M $ 7,303 M $ 3,289 M

Military

Construction $ 3,086 M $ 774 M $ 281 M

Total $ 126,062 M $ 16,180 M $ 8,056 M

The Army Reserve has 19% of the Army’s organized

strength, for 6.4% of its cost