United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-02-02 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-285T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T P0b002ee18039429a f:d05285t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T GAO-05-285T Armed forces reserves Combat readiness Counterterrorism Defense capabilities Defense contingency planning Military reserve personnel Mobilization National Guard National preparedness Personnel management Strategic planning Terrorism Global War on Terrorism Testimony A16738

The Department of Defense (DOD) has six reserve components: the Army Reserve, the Army National Guard, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, the Naval Reserve, and the Marine Corps Reserve. DOD's use of Reserve and National Guard forces increased dramatically following the events of September 11, 2001, and on January 19, 2005, more than 192,000 National Guard and Reserve component members were mobilized. About 85 percent of these personnel were members of the Army National Guard or the Army Reserve. Furthermore, the availability of reserve component forces will continue to play an important role in the success of DOD's future missions, and DOD has projected that over the next 3 to 5 years, it will continuously have more than 100,000 reserve component members mobilized. Since September, 2001, GAO has issued a number of reports that have dealt with issues related to the increased use of Reserve and National Guard forces. For this hearing, GAO was asked to provide the results of its work on the extent to which DOD has the strategic framework and policies necessary to maximize reserve component force availability for a long-term Global War on Terrorism. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T.pdf GAO-05-285T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-285T Testimony GAO-05-285T; Military Personnel: A Strategic Approach Is Needed to Address Long-term Guard and Reserve Force Availability; Armed forces reserves Combat readiness Counterterrorism Defense capabilities Defense contingency planning Military reserve personnel Mobilization National Guard National preparedness Personnel management Strategic planning Terrorism Global War on Terrorism Title 10 Section 12302 Title 10 Section 12304(b) Title 10 Section 673b Title 10 Section 673 10 U.S.C. 12302 10 U.S.C. 12304(b) 10 U.S.C. 673b 10 U.S.C. 673 Public Law 103-337 Public Law 105-85