Download or read book Transformation How Does the Army National Guard Do It written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army National Guard traces its roots to the Colonial Militia. At that time its purpose was to organize a defense of the local citizenry using the manpower available from the general populace. In the subsequent 350 years, the requirement for local defense has been intermittent. During the same 350 years the State Militias/National Guard Forces have participated in concert with the Regular Army Forces in numerous National Defense Activities. Now in 2001,the Army is undergoing transformation with the objective of becoming a more deployable full-spectrum force. The Army National Guard is fully included in the Department of the Army's transformation plan. However, some issues require further exploration for the Army Guard's utility to be fully developed. These issues include the continued need to respond to State missions as well as the need for specialized units. The attacks on September 11th have shown that the 350-year-old requirement of defending local populations still exists. The attack aftermath has shown the continued significance of a National Guard prepared to respond to State missions. The Federal mission of the Army National Guard calls for the Guard to be an adjunct to the Active Army. Under previous strategies the Army National Guard's ability to be deployed and specialized capabilities have been taken into account (strategic hedge, counterattack force, etc%) This project will discuss the implications of transforming the Army National Guard. Discussion will include ideas toward developing a framework in which the Army Guard transforms to a force that is vital to the Total Army, can take advantage of its specialized capabilities, and retains the ability to perform State missions.
Download or read book Transformation written by Steven N. Wickstrom and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army National Guard traces its roots to the Colonial Militia. At that time its purpose was to organize a defense of the local citizenry using the manpower available from the general populace. In the subsequent 350 years, the requirement for local defense has been intermittent. During the same 350 years the State Militias/National Guard Forces have participated in concert with the Regular Army Forces in numerous National Defense Activities. Now in 2001,the Army is undergoing transformation with the objective of becoming a more deployable full-spectrum force. The Army National Guard is fully included in the Department of the Army's transformation plan. However, some issues require further exploration for the Army Guard's utility to be fully developed. These issues include the continued need to respond to State missions as well as the need for specialized units. The attacks on September 11th have shown that the 350-year-old requirement of defending local populations still exists. The attack aftermath has shown the continued significance of a National Guard prepared to respond to State missions. The Federal mission of the Army National Guard calls for the Guard to be an adjunct to the Active Army. Under previous strategies the Army National Guard's ability to be deployed and specialized capabilities have been taken into account (strategic hedge, counterattack force, etc%) This project will discuss the implications of transforming the Army National Guard. Discussion will include ideas toward developing a framework in which the Army Guard transforms to a force that is vital to the Total Army, can take advantage of its specialized capabilities, and retains the ability to perform State missions.
Download or read book The Future Army National Guard written by Daniel J. Fuhr and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Contemporary Operating Environment facing the United States Army is much different today from even fifteen years ago. Leaders at every level of government recognize that we must adapt to address these contemporary challenges. The National Guard is in the process of transforming with this in mind. Transformation is always difficult. There are many aspects of transformation that are both essential and challenging. Foremost among these is changing organizational culture. However, deliberate efforts can bring about timely, positive adaptation. This paper explores the factors bearing on cultural changes that will speed effective transformation in the Army National Guard. The paper will examine factors bearing on change including the Contemporary Operating Environment and transformation efforts within the Departments of Defense and the Army. This paper will also consider the growing demands for an operational reserve for federal forces balanced with the needs for Homeland Security, a major area of consideration since the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. This paper recommends both conceptual and practical actions to speed cultural change in the National Guard necessary for successful strategic transformation.
Download or read book Transformation of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard s 56th Brigade Into a Stryker Brigade Combat Team written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army National Guard 4 0 written by Roye Locklear (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Established in the English tradition of militia service, the composition and role of the Army National Guard has evolved over the past 400 years. The transition to Guard 4.0 provides increased professional development and mobilization opportunities that are at the core of why Soldiers enlist. The Army National Guard will continue to position itself as the principal combat operational reserve of the U.S. Army. In support of the new National Defense Strategy, the Army National Guard will continue to play a significant role in establishing a framework that enables the joint force to prevail in an increasingly competitive environment. The Army National Guard seeks concurrent and proportional fielding of equipment as the Army navigates its Modernization Strategy."--
Download or read book The Changing Role of the Army National Guard written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global War on Terror (GWOT) since September 2001 has caused an unprecedented use of reserve forces (since the 1950's), in particular the Army National Guard. With GWOT being fought at home and abroad, the military and federal agencies are acting and fighting in union to accomplish a variety of mission from counter-terrorism to nation building. Transformation is the process of changing the armed forces of the United States to becoming a more capable, less costly military force. Transformation of the Army National Guard (ARNG) concerns more than merely weapons systems and technology. It comprises more than whether or not equipment "cascades" to the Army National Guard from the Active Component (AC). Transformation of the Army National Guard is about creating unique values to the community , the state and the nation in crises. Transformation will result in the change of the types of units the ARNG puts into the field.
Download or read book The Army National Guard written by Susan E. Kolb and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world has changed since September 11, 2001. America's enemies seek capabilities and design novel concepts to overcome our advantages. We now know that the protection we once enjoyed by virtue of vast oceans separating us from our enemies can no longer be relied upon. Technology and globalization of commerce and communications have contributed to the shortening of that distance in a number of ways. If the US is to continue in the future to operate from a position of overwhelming military advantage to support our strategic objectives, defense transformation is necessary, and the National Guard needs to be a strategic partner in it. The Army is in the process of transforming to a future, more relevant, and ready Army, while it continues to fight a war on terrorism in the Middle East. The Army National Guard, as a major part of this total Army transformation effort, must undergo transformational changes to remain "ready, reliable, essential, and accessible," as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, H. Steven Blum, says, in both their federal and state missions. This paper will examine the historical evolution of past integration strategies that the Army employed with its reserve components and describe the obstacles encountered when it was put to the test. The Department of Defense (DOD), particularly the Army's transformation strategy, has gone a long way to address these obstacles and many others to ensure success in today's strategic environment. This research will show that the Army National Guard can meet its goal of being "ready, reliable, essential, and accessible" partners in our nation's defense.
Download or read book The Army National Guard and Transformation Relevance for Ongoing and Future Missions written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, since the end of Desert Storm, the Army National Guard (ARNG) has conducted more overseas missions with fewer resources. In operations since the events of 9/11, mobilizations are at their highest levels since World War II. The ARNG has done this using a "Cold War" force structure and mobilization process to "call-up" units and individuals "as needed" while simultaneously supporting domestic missions. Most agree that the ARNG must change to meet the expectation that it is now required as an operational force vice a strategic reserve. The primary question this monograph seeks to answer is as follows: How should the ARNG change to meet this new role? Some advocate a return to a strategic reserve role or specializing portions of the ARNG to meet specific needs in Stability and Civil Support Operations. The Army is suggesting transforming the ARNG through three initiatives that will provide a capabilities-based solution vice specializing force structure for specific missions. The ARNG transformation approach appears to provide the best solution for operating in the new environment. However, for this transformation to be functional, the Army and the ARNG must overcome traditional issues based on their relationship that dates back to the early 20th Century. The ARNG fills a dual role and has an expectation to respond to domestic as well as foreign contingencies. The operational nature of the ARNG now requires that domestic mission planning receive the priority that overseas contingencies receive to allow alignment of resources with tasks across the spectrum of operations. Further, the Army must resource the ARNG to its full level of requirements vice the previous method of tiered funding. Addressing these two issues allows the transforming ARNG to function properly as an operational force as required for national security.
Download or read book Transformation of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard s 56th Brigade into a Stryker Brigade Combat Team written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Army National Guard Unit Mobilization Process written by Shawn P. Kempenich and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resourcing the Army National Guard for Its Domestic and Federal Missions written by Orlando Ortega and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Guard is an integral part of the military's operational force deployed around the world, and a first responder in case of a catastrophic disaster in the United States. The use of the Army National Guard has been evolving over the last decade, but for many of those years it has lacked modern equipment to conduct its federal and domestic missions. The September 11, 2001 attacks initiated the transformation of the Army National Guard for the 21st century. Over 255,000 National Guardsmen have deployed to either Iraq or Afghanistan as part of the Operational Force in support of the Regular Army. The multiple deployments for each contingency have depleted and worn out the Army National Guard, especially its equipment. The shortage of equipment throughout the Army National Guard has impacted its abilities to respond to domestic missions. While the Army National Guard augments the Regular Army, nondeployed units continue to execute their domestic missions in Homeland Defense, Homeland Security, and Civil Support. The response to Hurricane Katrina sparked renewed debate over the National Guard's domestic and federal missions and its equipment shortages. Hurricane Katrina made it evident the past several years that the Army National Guard's response to domestic missions has been hampered by the lack of proper equipment and the condition of equipment it has on hand. This paper explores the complexity of defining the National Guard's domestic and federal missions. Furthermore, it provides the background of equipment shortages found throughout the National Guard. The research reveals how the Army Force Generation model provides predictability for guardsmen about their potential deployment schedule; however, the model does not take into account the Army National Guard's domestic mission. The way forward for the Army National Guard to improve its execution of federal and domestic mission is the integration of dual-use equipment. This addition of dual-use equipment sets would increase the readiness posture of the Army National Guard. Finally, this paper provides recommendations on the future readiness of the Army National Guard to execute its dual missions. The National Guard's dual missions need to be refined clearly to articulate roles and responsibilities because there are several interpretations as what an Operational Force should be and how it should be resourced. In addition, the difficulty for the Army National Guard to delineate between Homeland Defense, Homeland Security, and support to Civil Authorities missions is complicated. Therefore, resourcing the Army National Guard to execute these missions will strengthen our nation's defenses at home and abroad.
Download or read book The Changing Role of the Army National Guard written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global War on Terror (GWOT) since September 2001 has caused an unprecedented use of reserve forces (since the 1950s), in particular the Army National Guard. With GWOT being fought at home and abroad, the military and federal agencies are acting and fighting in unison to accomplish a variety of missions from counter-terrorism to nation building. Transformation is the process of changing the armed forces of the United States to becoming a more capable, less costly military force. Transformation of the Army National Guard (ARNG) concerns more than merely weapons systems and technology. It comprises more than whether or not equipment "cascades" to the Army National Guard from the Active Component (AC). Transformation of the Army National Guard is about creating unique values to the community, the state and the nation in crises. Transformation will result in the change of the types of units the ARNG puts into the field.
Download or read book Operationalizing the Army National Guard written by Jesse J. Kirchmeier and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army announced in the 2006 Army Posture Statement that it had to operationalize the Army National Guard. The decision to operationalize the National Guard was necessary because the Army did not have enough active units to meet requirements for the War on Terrorism. Operationalization of the Army National Guard was a departure from the Cold War force structure. It was not, however, a revolutionary change for the nation's National Guard forces. The research initially focused on determining what was meant by the term “strategic reserve.” That research revealed that numerous military commanders, both active and reserve, have used the term in reference to U.S. Army force structure. However, military policy documents and statutes do not define that term. The search for a clear definition of strategic reserve and its meaning for U.S. National Guard structure led to the discovery that the National Guard had only recently been constituted as a strategic reserve. The National Guard did not begin as a strategic reserve. The Guard also has experience as an operational force. The view that the National Guard was only a strategic reserve developed during the Cold War. After the end of the draft, the Department of Defense implemented the “Total Force Policy”. That policy started the National Guard's movement back toward operational capability. The research explores the history of the National Guard as the nation's constitutional defense force and its subsequent development into a Federal Reserve. The history reveals that operationalization of the National Guard is not a radical venture for state controlled units. Rather, the Army's use of the National Guard as an operational force is a return to the tradition of state militias participating in the nation's defense. The National Guard serving in an operational role is not unique in the nation's history. The Cold War practice of maintaining separate strategic and operational reserve forces does not meet today's force demands. Security planners have yet to refine post Cold War force and mission definitions. Until the missions are redefined, it was only natural for the Army to use its reserves to reduce stress on active component forces. It is also a mistake to assume the Army suddenly made the reserves operational or that the National Guard has never served in an operational manner. While at times the Army resisted using the Guard, the Guard has a history of serving in an operational role. The Constitution specified that state based militias would serve as part of the country's main defense force. Operationalization of the National Guard is an extension of the policies Congress started under the National Militia Act of 1903. The Army is only continuing these practices with its 2006 Army Posture Statement announcement. Finally, the United States has historically been unprepared for major long-term conflicts. The nation also tends to decrease active component strength following hostilities. These precedents foretell the same once significant combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan end. As such, equipping and training the National Guard for operational force capability potentially enhances its ability to perform both strategic and operational force functions in the future.
Download or read book Army Transformation Is It Just About Force Structure and Equipment written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army has recognized that it must transform itself due to the changing international security environment of the 21st century. Environmental change demands organizational change, but organizational change cannot succeed if current structure and systems are not realigned with the vision for change. The nature of change in highly interdependent systems, like the Army, is that you cannot change one area without changing other areas as well. Change in these settings is extremely difficult because, ultimately, you have to change nearly everything. The Army's current transformation plan only addresses force structure, equipment, and training of brigade combat teams, and unless it addresses other areas it will not be successful in preparing for the new challenges and threats that the United States will face in the future. In order to achieve its vision, the Army must restructure itself for full-spectrum readiness, reform its personnel management system, transform its training and leader development programs, and it must adequately leverage the capabilities of the National Guard and Reserve during the transformation process. The purpose of this paper is to propose new ideas that can be used to insure that the Army is prepared to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Download or read book The Army National Guard and Army Reserve written by Carl L. White and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army National Guard (ARNG) and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) are an integral element of the total force and employed as an Operational force since Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), while resourced as a Strategic reserve. The current level of foreign and domestic operational demands exceed the available supply of Active Component forces and these demands will not decrease in the foreseeable future. In order to sufficiently meet the current and future operational demands, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of the Army (DA) must transform the ARNG and USAR from a Strategic reserve to an Operational Reserve. This transformation requires fundamental reforms in Reserve Components (RC) homeland defense/homeland security roles and missions; personnel management systems, equipping and training policies, family and employer support policies, the organizations and structures used to manage the RC, and funding. The Department of the Army, the ARNG, and the USAR all fundamentally agree on the general definition of an Operational Reserve. However, there is not a consensus on the detailed objectives and metrics necessary to achieve the desired end state. This is one of several issues currently impeding progress in achieving this objective. The Department of the Army, the ARNG, and the USAR collectively must clearly define the specific attributes of an Operational Reserve to include the appropriate employment, support policies and resources. This paper will examine the work that DA has completed thus far. It will identify the strengths and weaknesses of the work as well as outline some detailed measurable attributes of an Operational Reserve. It will conclude with some specific changes DA must implement to the process and process oversight structure to achieve these objectives.
Download or read book Examining Transformation of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard for the 21st Century written by John Traylor and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gao 06 111 Reserve Forces written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-28 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-06-111 Reserve Forces: Plans Needed to Improve Army National Guard Equipment Readiness and Better Integrate Guard into Army Force Transformation Initiatives
