The United States Army Reserve (USAR) experienced exceptional utilization since 2001 in the Global Wars on Terrorism (GWOT), requiring its transformation from a strategic to operational posture. The Army and USAR used the Army Force Generation...
This study investigates whether, or not, there is a need for full-time-support chaplains and chaplain assistants, also known as active guard/reserve (AGR) unit ministry teams (UMTs), at the regional support commands (RSCs) in the United States Army...
This book contains a detailed account of the United States Army Reserve 98th Division deployment to Iraq in 2004-2005 and its role in building, training, and advising the new Iraqi Army.
A follow-up interview to the one conducted on 4 November 2004 concerning Colonel (Ret.) Bradford Parsons' involvement in the 98th Division's 2004-2005 Iraqi Army training and advising mission, this one, as the interviewer put it, focuses more on...
The Army Reserve Warrant Officer Program Transformation started in 1998. The program was transferred from the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) to the United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) located at Fort McPherson, Georgia which...
Reserve Component (RC) soldiers often attend reclassification training. Reclassification training is required any time a soldier is assigned to a position for which he does not posses the correct Military Occupational Specialty Qualification...
Since the end of the Cold War, growing state and global instability, particularly in undergoverned regions of the world, has led to increasing requests from ambassadors and combatant commanders for civil affairs forces to conduct missions in...
The United States Army Reserve transformed from a strategic resource to an operational resource after the attacks on the World Trade Center. The 91st Division (Training Support) was affected by the transformation as was most reserve units. Not only...
A reservist serving with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Todd Arnold was commander of the division rear in 2004-2005 while elements of the unit were deployed to Iraq. In this interview, he provides a great deal of detail...
Overcoming information operations legal limitations in support of domestic operations is a stumbling block to applying information effectively in this environment. Current US Title 10 restrictions limit the use of certain assets (e.g. Psychological...
I have not deployed to theater as an NCO for the global war on terrorism (GWOT) operations. However, I have experienced the vast transformation due to current operations, and my current unit, the ARRTC (P), has gone through some turbulent...
The attack on 11, September 2001 started a chain-reaction in America that will live in our minds forever. We can on longer fall into a state of complacency where we are not on guard. We are a nation at war against terrorism and will always be.
Currently the chief of force generation at Fort Leavenworth's Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance, Colonel Sean Ryan, in mid 2004, was "brought in … to assist Brigadier General Richard Sherlock" - assistant division commander...
The thesis examines the organization, roles, capabilities, and contributions of the U.S. Army Reserve Military Intelligence force. It investigates the perception that the individual Military Intelligence soldier--not Military Intelligence...
From at least 1995 until 2001 the Army Reserve Troop Program Unit (TPU) shortage of Army Promotion List (APL) company grade officers has increased. It will continue to increase under the existing status quo. Several factors contribute to this...
Flawed personnel actions and pay problems have been long standing issues in the Army. Many Congressional inquires are based on delayed and unresolved personnel actions and pay problems. A few years following Operation Desert Shield and Operation...
Since the fall of the Berlin wall and the subsequent end of the Cold War, the United States faces a multidimensional threat never before seen within our nations’ borders. Rogue nations and stateless organizations already have or are developing...
This paper describes the lessons I learned in my supporting role as a Senior Human Resources Non-commissioned Officer assigned to the 65 th Regional Support Command in Puerto Rico since September 11,2001, and also my experiences as a the G1 SGM...
A reservist with the 98th Division (Institutional Training), Colonel Doug Shipman was an advisor to two separate Iraqi divisions and to the Nineveh provincial police chief in 2004-2005. In this interview, he voices frustration at the information...
Army operational doctrine addresses the range of full spectrum operations across the spectrum of conflict. Full spectrum operations include offensive, defensive, stability, and support operations. Missions in any environment require Army forces who...