AC/Rc Integration

The U.S. Army has had a Total Forces Policy for over 30 years with an increased focus for the past decade on what is now called Active Component/Reserve Component (AC/RC) integration. The modern version is distinguished by an increased frequency of inter-component training the integration of reserve components into plans and operations for all contingencies and RC participation in routine shaping operations. Recent successes in integration have come during a period of relative weapons platform and doctrinal stability but the Army is now undergoing transformation a period characterized by technological organizational and doctrinal turmoil all of which threatens to undo AC/RC integration's many accomplishments. In the following monograph Lieutenant Colonel Dallas Owens analyzes current integration programs and initiatives and evaluates them for their potential to resist transformation's possible threat to AC/RC integration.