Download or read book How to Make Army Force Generation Work for the Army s Reserve Components written by Joseph E. Whitlock and published by Strategic Studies Institute. This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army needs to implement Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) in addition to its ongoing transformation and move to a more modular force. To achieve a campaign quality Army with joint and expeditionary qualities fully, the Army must do so quickly, while also keeping its reserve components full partners throughout this process. This paper describes ARFORGEN, discusses some of its critical assumptions related to reserve component (RC) units, and explains what changes are required at the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Army (DA), and the individual RC levels so that the Army can integrate its RC units fully into ARFORGEN. The paper details needed changes at both the institutional and operational level at DA and DoD.

Download or read book How to Make Army Force Generation ARFORGEN Work for the Army s Reserve Components written by Joseph E. Whitlock and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to its ongoing transformation and move to a more modular force, it is also imperative that the Army implement Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN). To fully achieve a campaign quality Army with joint and expeditionary qualities, the Army must do so quickly while also keeping its reserve components full partners throughout this process. Without ARFORGEN the Army will continue to be seriously challenged or even unable to fulfill its current global force requirements. Fully integrating the Army's reserve components into ARFORGEN is essential and critical for it to succeed. The purpose of this paper is to describe ARFORGEN, discuss some of its critical assumptions related to reserve component (RC) units, and explain what changes are required at the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Army (DA), and the individual RC levels so that the Army can fully integrate its RC units into ARFORGEN. This paper details what changes are needed at both the institutional and operational level at DA and DOD. DA institutional change includes improving the structure, equipping, training, manning, and resourcing functions related to RC units. The institutional Army must also synchronize other well-established institutional processes with ARFORGEN. The operational Army must improve communication with the institutional Army, develop robust automation support for all aspects of ARFORGEN, and increase planning horizons to the maximum extent possible for RC units. DOD institutional change needed includes: providing the Army better and timelier mobilization strategic guidance; focusing DOD implementation policy on the long-term requirements needed to fight a long war; focusing less on individual servicemember and RC unit management issues; and providing additional resources to the Army's RCs. DOD operational change includes communicating better with the institutional chain of command and working to establish a well-defined system to manage and execute its joint force provider responsibilities.

Download or read book AR 525 29 03 14 2011 ARMY FORCE GENERATION Survival Ebooks written by Us Department Of Defense and published by Delene Kvasnicka www.survivalebooks.com. This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AR 525-29 03/14/2011 ARMY FORCE GENERATION , Survival Ebooks

Download or read book Army Regulation AR 525 29 Military Operations written by United States Government Us Army and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This regulation, Army Regulation AR 525-29 Military Operations: Force Generation - Sustainable Readiness October 2019, updates Army policy for planning, coordinating, and executing the Force Generation of ready and responsive Army forces using a Sustainable Readiness doctrine. It introduces the Sustainable Readiness Process, used to plan for and synchronize unit resourcing, readiness, and employment in support of Joint and Army requirements, and describes new models for managing force and unit readiness. This regulation establishes the basis for control of unit resourcing and readiness forecasting and decision-making within the Department of the Army and its major sub-ordinate commands, and is intended to evolve as Force Generation processes and procedures mature. This regulation implements guidance available in DODD 5100.01. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard / Army National Guard of the United States, the U.S. Army Reserve, and Department of the Army Civilians, unless otherwise stated.

Download or read book The Role of the Army Force Generation Model in Preparing the National Guard and Reserve for Future Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 9/11 attacks on the United States, The Army and Reserve Components have to react to entirely new paradigm. The U.S. Army not only had to fight a new kind of war, it has to rethink the entire future of armed conflict and reassess and re-evaluate how to engage the enemies of this nation. In order to meet these new challenges the U.S. Army has been forced to look upon the National Guard and Reserve as part of the operational reserve force. This is a significant shift from the past practice of utilizing the Reserve Component Forces as part of the nation's 'strategic reserve'. As part of the U.S. Army operational reserve, Reserve Component forces will be called upon on a regular basis to actively participate along-side active duty units. In order to accomplish this paradigm shift, the U.S. Army has created a force management model called ARFORGEN, Army Force Generation Model. This model is to create a system that provides units in a predictable and reliable manner to support on going operations. The question of this thesis is whether or not the ARFORGEN model is an appropriate model for the reserve component forces. The model is designed for both active duty and reserve component forces. The findings of this study are that the ARFORGEN model is a good starting point for the transformation of the U.S. Army and Reserve Components. There are long term implications that may or may not need to be addressed in the future, especially with regard to equipping, manning and rebalancing the forces. There are many variables, such as funding, recruiting, soldier retention, training, equipping and future operations that have yet come into effect that may impact the ARFORGEN model and the transformation of the reserve component forces into a truly sustainable operational force.

Download or read book Force Generation in an Immature Contingency Theater written by Quentin W. Schillare and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Generating Force Support for Operations FM 1 01 written by Department of the Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual, “Generating Force Support for Operations,” defines the Army's generating force and establishes as doctrine the employment of its capabilities in support of ongoing joint and multinational operations and deployed forces. It describes how operating forces can access and employ generating force capabilities in support of ongoing operations. It incorporates lessons learned from recent and ongoing operations, including Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the War on Terrorism, the response to Hurricane Katrina, and others. This information allows operational Army forces to understand generating force capabilities and employ these capabilities successfully in support of ongoing operations. It enables generating force organizations to ready these capabilities. This manual describes how the joint force can access and employ generating force capabilities in support of operations. The generating force consists of Army organizations whose primary mission is to generate and sustain the operational Army. The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), for example, is part of the generating force. Activities the generating force conducts in support of readiness, Army force generation (ARFORGEN), and the routine performance of functions specified and implied in Title 10 and other applicable legislation are addressed in Army regulations and Department of the Army pamphlets and are not addressed here. As a consequence of its performance of functions specified and implied by law, the generating force also possesses operationally useful capabilities for employment by or in direct support of joint force commanders. This manual's introduction elaborates the manual's purpose and explains the necessity of employing generating force capabilities in the conduct of operations. It introduces the three principal categories of generating force support to ongoing operations: adapting to the operational environment, enabling strategic reach, and developing multinational partner capability and capacity. This manual applies to Army headquarters at the brigade echelon and above. It is of primary interest to the commanders and staffs of theater armies, corps, and divisions and the leaders of Army commands, direct reporting units, and Headquarters, Department of the Army. It applies to all Army leaders, especially planners, trainers, educators, force designers, materiel developers, and doctrine developers. This manual applies to the Regular Army, Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.

Download or read book Analysis of Army Force Generation Model Behavior and Expectation Management written by Ricardo R. Garraton and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2011 Army Posture Statement posits that the benefits of the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) as a supply based model have yet to be realized because the high demand for war-fighting capabilities exceeded sustainable supply since its implementation. This assertion is erroneous because it overemphasizes supply of units or capabilities over the quality of the units and/or capabilities provided, and disregards all of the institutional efforts required to produce those units and/or capabilities through the ARFORGEN model. The benefits of the ARFORGEN model have not been realized because of a lack in understanding model behavior and its limitations; expectation management practices; and basic supply and demand economic principles by those who strongly promote ARFORGEN as a supply based model. To realize, in full, the benefits of the ARFORGEN model requires the acceptance that expectations must be managed, and that the model has limitations. This acceptance of ARFORGEN as a supply based model must be instituted and espoused throughout the operating and generating force of the Army enterprise, until then, its benefits will never be realized.

Download or read book Making the Unipolar Moment written by Hal Brands and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1970s, the United States often seemed to be a superpower in decline. Battered by crises and setbacks around the globe, its post–World War II international leadership appeared to be draining steadily away. Yet just over a decade later, by the early 1990s, America’s global primacy had been reasserted in dramatic fashion. The Cold War had ended with Washington and its allies triumphant; democracy and free markets were spreading like never before. The United States was now enjoying its "unipolar moment"—an era in which Washington faced no near-term rivals for global power and influence, and one in which the defining feature of international politics was American dominance. How did this remarkable turnaround occur, and what role did U.S. foreign policy play in causing it? In this important book, Hal Brands uses recently declassified archival materials to tell the story of American resurgence. Brands weaves together the key threads of global change and U.S. policy from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, examining the Cold War struggle with Moscow, the rise of a more integrated and globalized world economy, the rapid advance of human rights and democracy, and the emergence of new global challenges like Islamic extremism and international terrorism. Brands reveals how deep structural changes in the international system interacted with strategies pursued by Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush to usher in an era of reinvigorated and in many ways unprecedented American primacy. Making the Unipolar Moment provides an indispensable account of how the post–Cold War order that we still inhabit came to be.

Download or read book Army Reserve Expeditionary Forces and Army Force Generation written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentation on Army Reserve expeditionary forces and Army force generation. Agenda: Discuss the "Army Force Generation Model"--"AREF" concept to "Army Force Generation" (ARFORGEN) -Potential primary factor in force management -Potential basis for requirements generation (in the future). Models of ARFORGEN and AREF. "Expeditionary force models." What Changes? Why Focus on RC? -Army Modular Force doctrine and joint capabilities -Synchronize the force in time cycles -The need for "assured access."

Download or read book Using the Army Force Generation ARFORGEN Model as a Springboard to Transform Reserve Component Pre mobilization Collective Training written by Michael D. Fortune and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In moving to the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model, Forces Command (FORSCOM) and the Army have a unique opportunity to transform the Reserve Component (RC) pre-mobilization collective training process to make it much more efficient and effective than it is today. The purpose of this paper is to consider how this objective might be accomplished. However, rather than examine the current process and try to correct it, the paper takes a more transformational approach - it builds a new and revolutionary RC pre-mobilization collective training process from the ground up using both conventional wisdom and the principles of a powerful business tool known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). Specifically, the paper demonstrates that the keys to optimizing the RC pre-mobilization collective training process are twofold. First, a unit's manning and equipping processes must view themselves as suppliers and the unit's collective training process as their customer, and must be redesigned to satisfy, as completely as possible, the needs of that customer. Second, the rate at which RC units are able to ramp-up their collective training proficiency for an anticipated mobilization must be radically increased. The paper further suggests that if incorporated into the ARFORGEN model and properly resourced, these two practices alone will enable RC units to achieve unprecedented pre-mobilization training readiness levels, minimize variation in training quality from one unit to the next, and significantly reduce post-mobilization training times. In moving from theory to practice, the paper uses the results of a survey to suggest minimum training ramp-up timelines for various types of units as a function of their Source Requirements Code (SRC). Finally, it considers how training for Homeland Defense (HD) and Homeland Security (HLS) missions might also be integrated into the new training process. The paper concludes that while there may be a net cost associated with implementation of this highly- optimized process initially, it may actually conserve resources in the long term while at the same time reducing operational risk and helping to transform the RC into a much more cost-effective, reliable, and responsive force.

Download or read book Army Force Generation written by Keith A. Klemmer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) model provides the Army National Guard with an excellent methodology to balance both federal and state mission requirements. The Army National Guard should utilize Ready Expeditionary Forces (REF) to provide support in domestic emergencies while Contingency Expeditionary Forces (CEF) and Deployment Expeditionary Forces (DEF) provide forces for deployment and homeland security missions. While the ARFORGEN model presents numerous advantages for the Army National Guard, the model also presents several risks. Using the Arkansas Army National Guard as an illustration, this paper explores past, present, and future mobilizations, as well as domestic support missions, to analyze the efficacy of the ARFORGEN model in meeting both mission requirements. While forces available across the six-year ARFORGEN model will meet projected federal and state mission requirements in Arkansas, analysis shows that leaders must address the associated risks. Specifically, leaders must explore ways to mitigate risk associated with personnel shortages, equipment shortages, and large natural disasters that exceed the capability of the Arkansas Army National Guard forces. Lessons learned from this analysis can be applied across the Army National Guard in order to successfully implement the ARFORGEN model.

Download or read book The National Guard in Transformation written by Ricky A. Kimmel and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) is the Army's transformational model for manning, equipping, training, and deploying both Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) forces. Under this modular force concept, the Army National Guard (ARNG) is now an operational reserve as opposed to a strategic reserve for fighting the wars of the United States. As an operational reserve force provider, one of the key elements the ARNG is responsible for is deployment of Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). To date, there are no specific ways to implement the ARFORGEN model for the ARNG. The primary question this thesis seeks to answer is as follows: What are the key attributes for ARNG BCT success in the ARFORGEN model? To answer this question, a focus on existing and potential problems encountered by RC units (ARNG BCTs) in implementation of the ARFORGEN model is necessary. By using these ARNG BCT ARFORGEN key attributes for success, ARNG BCT commanders can evaluate their strategies for successful implementation of the ARFORGEN model in support of the Army Campaign Plan. To answer the primary question, the researcher developed secondary research questions arranged in a manner to guide the reader. The first two secondary questions are as follows: Why did the Army choose the ARFORGEN model, and what is the intent of the model? Once the thesis introduction answers the why questions, four more secondary questions are answered in the literary review chapter: (1) How is the ARFORGEN model defined?; (2) How is the ARFORGEN model implemented over time?; (3) What are the identified problems, constraints, or issues relating to the ARFORGEN model?; and (4) What are the differences between the Active Component (AC) and the ARNG in ARFORGEN implementation? The answers to these four questions form the basis for answering the ARNG BCT centric questions: What are the manning, equipping, and training critical ARNG BCT problems, constraints, and issues related to ARFORGEN?

Download or read book The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine 1946 76 written by Robert A. Doughty and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper focuses on the formulation of doctrine since World War II. In no comparable period in history have the dimensions of the battlefield been so altered by rapid technological changes. The need for the tactical doctrines of the Army to remain correspondingly abreast of these changes is thus more pressing than ever before. Future conflicts are not likely to develop in the leisurely fashions of the past where tactical doctrines could be refined on the battlefield itself. It is, therefore, imperative that we apprehend future problems with as much accuracy as possible. One means of doing so is to pay particular attention to the business of how the Army's doctrine has developed historically, with a view to improving methods of future development.

Download or read book Reserve Forces written by John H. Pendleton and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transforming the U S Army Reserve to an Operational Force written by Institute of Land Warfare (Association of the United States Army) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the Army Reserve's role in current operations and what is required to provide needed capabilities to combatant commanders on a continuous basis. The Army Reserve has implemented an Army-wide system to establish a training, mobilization and deployment model of predictability for commanders and Soldiers called Army Force Generation, or ARFORGEN. To improve force structure, the Army Reserve is deactivating its legacy structure of Regional Readiness Commands (RRCs) and Regional Readiness Groups (RRGs) and activating Operations and Functional (O&F) Commands. Finally, to improve recruiting and retention the Army Reserve has increased its incentives, such as referral bonuses, tuition assistance, retirement benefits and better health care.

Download or read book Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms written by United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: