Assessing the Effects of Bush Administration National Security Policy on the Air Force Active/Reserve Component Mix

<p>What effect will the Bush Administration's National Security Strategy (NSS) and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) have on the Air Force's current reserve component/active component (RC/AC) mix? Recent studies and guidance regarding the force mix have typically attempted to predict how variables and planning factors can affect the proportion of the RC relative to the Air Force Future Total Force (FTF) team comprised of the active Air Force the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve. In this case the political factor represented by the current administration's new post cold war strategy has produced an unexpected result that minimally affects the relative proportions of the components but significantly contributes to the Air Force redefining volunteerism (i.e. participating in lengthy deployments without activation but in a volunteer status) to avoided undesirable changes to its existing RC/AC mix.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>