Activation Partial Mobilization Of The Us Army Reserves And Associated Personnel Management System Problems

On 22 August 1990, the President of the United States signed Executive order 12727 which implemented, for the first time, the Title 10 US code 673b authority to order to active duty the Selected Reserve of the United States Armed Forces. This gave the Department of Defense authority to activate up to 200,000 Selected Reservists for a period not to exceed 90 days, with the authority to extend that period for an additional 90 days. This authority was further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. This paper analyzes the myriad U.S. Army Reserve personnel management system problems experienced during the activation and partial mobilization of the U.S. Army Reserves in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The lessons learned from those operations have been analyzed and the paper discusses not only the problems, but also recommends statutory and regulatory changes necessary in order to preclude a re-occurrence of those same problems in future activations, partial mobilizations and/or mobilizations.

On 22 August 1990, the President of the United States signed Executive order 12727 which implemented, for the first time, the Title 10 US code 673b authority to order to active duty the Selected Reserve of the United States Armed Forces. This gave the Department of Defense authority to activate up to 200,000 Selected Reservists for a period not to exceed 90 days, with the authority to extend that period for an additional 90 days. This authority was further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. This paper analyzes the myriad U.S. Army Reserve personnel management system problems experienced during the activation and partial mobilization of the U.S. Army Reserves in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The lessons learned from those operations have been analyzed and the paper discusses not only the problems, but also recommends statutory and regulatory changes necessary in order to preclude a re-occurrence of those same problems in future activations, partial mobilizations and/or mobilizations.

Over 335,000 reserve members have been involuntarily called to active duty since 9/11. This report reviews DoD's mobilization & demobilization (M&D) process. Examines the extent to which: (1) DoD's implementation of a key mobilization authority & personnel policies affect reserve force availability, (2) the Army was able to execute its M&D plans efficiently, & (3) DoD can manage the health of its mobilized reserve forces. DoD should develop a strategic framework with personnel policies linked to human capital goals, update planning assumptions, determine the most efficient mobilization support options, update health guidance, set a timeline for submitting health assessments electronically, & improve medical oversight. Charts & tables.

"Forging a Total Force traces the evolution of the Guard and reserve from the Revolutionary War-era militias to today's operational reserve, an integral part of the nation's total force. In the early republic, the ideal of a citizen-solider, capable of taking the field with little or no training, predominated. The realities of modern combat slowly made it clear that a more professional force was required, but policy changes failed to keep up with that changing necessity. The nation struggled to provide adequate training and equipment to the reserve component throughout the Cold War until the idea of a Total Force, which integrated regular and reserve components, emerged and was achieved. It wasn't until the defense buildup of the 1980s that the ideal of a combat-ready reserve became reality. The core of this book focuses on what came next, from 1990 to 2011, with particular emphasis on the decade after 9/11. The Persian Gulf War demonstrated both the effectiveness of the reserve and the challenges it continued to face. The post-Cold War drawdown during the 1990s made the smaller active component more dependent on the reserves than it had been since the nation's founding. The reserve component proved itself yet again in the wars following 9/11, but also became strained as it became clear just how much the nation depended on its Guard and reserve. Finally, the authors detail the policy changes made midstream in an attempt to address issues with the overextended force, such as balancing training and deployment with civilian lives and careers, providing health care to reservists, and integrating the active and reserve components. The authors conclude by detailing the issues policymakers will face as they forge ahead with citizen-soldiers serving as an operational force."--Provided by publisher.

The Vaisnava-sahajiya cult that arose in Bengal in the sixteenth century was an intensely emotional attempt to reconcile the sensual and the ascetic. Exploring the history and doctrine of this cult, Edward C. Dimock, Jr., examines the works of numerous poets who are the source of knowledge about this sect. Dimock examines the life of the saint Caitanya, the mad Baul singers, the doctrines of Tantrism, the origins of the figure of Radha, and the worship of Krishna. His study will appeal to students of the history of religion as well as of Indian culture. This edition includes a new Foreword by Wendy Doniger. "This is a magnificent book—painstakingly researched and gracefully written. . . . Professor Dimock's book is one of the most rewarding and stimulating studies to appear in recent years."—G. Richard Weldon, Journal of Asian Studies