Military reserve force

the inception of the All-Volunteer Force, RC soldiers voluntarily join for many reasons. Their voluntary status as RC Soldiers indicates they generally do not want the high operational tempo of the AC or taking additional time away from their civilian…

modernization and reducing force numbers with an explanation of how a confined budget is applied to management of DOD resources resounds throughout the QDR. In terms of rebalancing the force, personnel reduction are outlined with identified risk and no clear path defined for a force “regeneration” should an emergent need arise. The focus of the rebalance should avoid the risk of the decreased ground force personnel to the extent detailed in the QDR 2014. To reconcile this rebalance in light…

LTC Morse’s recommendation to provide more emphasis on soft power through habitually aligned relationships has merit and should be further assessed. In his paper “Regionally Aligned Forces: Less About What it is, More About What it Can Be”, he calls out opportunities for changing the military paradigm from “shape and prevent to win without fighting”. Morse focus of the paper is that building coalitions is about building relationships. The soft power Morse is referring to is largely related to…

The US military is the armed forces of the United States of America, and it consists of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The commander-in-chief/Military’s overall head is the president of the United States, he helps form military policies with the US DoD, as well as helping carry them out. The US is considered the strongest military force in the world today, and becoming the strongest force in the world requires money; The US spends what the whole rest of the world…

In today's society, The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps is a program that combines amusing benefits for the individual cadet and opportunities to serve the school and community. While teaching leadership skills for the cadet’s daily lives and incorporating the military foundation, covering the history, techniques for oral communication, drill and ceremony, and marksmanship. The JROTC program seeks for exemplary citizens making the community a better place. In 1916 the program had a…

since the beginning of time. Natural thirst for conquest and the pride of defending one’s nation is often the encouragement most individuals have before enlisting in the military. The consequences of a war are vague or left unstated, but enlistees generally know the dangerous aspects surrounding it. By signing an agreement, citizens hand over their life to the military. Their safety is now dependent primarily upon military officials and each respected branch. Soldiers often experience traumatic…

There are no pipelines across a thousand miles of tundra that’s melting due to global warming, which means you can’t sink pipes to support a pipeline in tundra that’s turned to mud. There’s no tanker routes, the wells aren’t drilled, and yet we are spending our future as if oil is even there. We got to drop all this lying right now. We don’t need transparency about anything, other than about how much oil is really left, because we don’t know. Oil is a commodity, it’s an asset. You make loans…

The Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, summed up his assessment of the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) in the following statement: “With our “ends” fixed and our “means” declining, it is therefore imperative that we innovate within the “ways” we defend the Nation.” Strategic planning and transition to Joint Force 2020 (JF 2020) in a fiscally constrained environment affords DoD senior leaders the opportunity to be more innovative than ever before in assessing and…

Operation United Assistance: United Stated Military vs Ebola Lisa Marie Hayter COMM/215 27 October 2014 Mrs. Camp The United States military has been trained to combat the nation’s enemies, foreign and domestic. Physical enemies, not a virus. Ebola is an epidemic that is still active and the largest outbreak in its history. (CDC. 2014). Death rates are above 55%, and the United States government is sending thousands of men and women to “combat” an unseen enemy. I am a Marine Corps veteran, and…

provided. An overview of research significant to challenges experienced by military veterans will serve as the foundation for a successive presentation of previous findings. Culture of the Army Reserve Although the military is made up of individuals from varied cultural backgrounds, they all share the experience of assimilation into military culture. During military initial entry training (IET), trainees are removed from their civilian culture and introduced to military culture. This process…