Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Series Introduction
Contents
Figures and Tables
Summary
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction
Research Approach
Organization of This Report
Chapter Two: The Army Embraces the Total Force Policy, 1970–1976
Strategic Context
Implementing the Total Force Concept
The 16-Division Army
Presidential Select Reserve Call-Up Authority
Conclusion
Chapter Three: The Total Force Policy Matures, 1977–1991
Strategic Context
Continuing Integration of the Reserve Components
Divided Loyalties: Perpich v. U.S. Department of Defense and the Army National Guard’s Evolving Federal Status
Everything Changes: The Soviet Union Collapses
The Total Force Policy in a New Era: Reserve Component Participation in the Persian Gulf War
Conclusion
Chapter Four: The Total Force Policy Adapts, 1992–2001
Perspectives in Conflict: Assessing Reserve Component Unit and Individual Performance in the Persian Gulf War
Adapting to an Evolving Strategy: Total Force Policy and the Strategic Reviews of the 1990s
Resourcing the Reserve Components
Contingency Operations Create Opportunities to Employ Reserve Component Forces
Conclusion
Chapter Five: Increasing the Army’s Operational Depth, 2002–2015
Transformation and the Total Army at the End of 2001
The Afghanistan and Iraq Wars’ Impact on the Army’s Division of Labor
The Army’s Aviation Restructure Initiative and the National Commission on the Future of the Army
Conclusion
DoD’s Analytic Scenarios Frame the Debate
Constrained Resources Limit Policy Options
Components’ Complementary Roles
Congressional Preferences for Continuity in Policy
A. Summary Table of Legislation Pertaining to the Evolution of U.S. Military Policy
B. Taxonomy of Important Terms
Abbreviations
References