Army Reserve Vision 2010: A Soldier's Prophecy about an Army Reserve After Next

Abstract : Reports issued by the National Defense Panel and the Quadrennial Defense Review recommend efficient, effective integration of U.S. Reserve forces in the full spectrum Total force of the 21st century. Additionally, Joint Vision 2010, Army Vision 2010, and the Army After Next annual report (July 1997) call for a Total Quality force to meet tomorrow's challenges. However, none of these visionary documents provide serious direction for guiding the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) into the next century. This paper offers suggestions for decisive employment of the USAR in the new millennium. Intending to invoke dialogue about America's Total Army After Next, this view of Army Reserve Vision 2010 stares out of the Reserve Component (RC) box with a technicolor lens. Like the active Army and the Army National Guard, the Army Reserve is clearly focused on America's strategic panorama.