The Command
The Reserve Forces Bill of Rights and Vitalization Act of 1967 was the precursor of the creation of the USARC. This act prescribed reserve leadership for reserve units. The Continental Army Command (CONARC) maintained command and control of the Army Reserve units until 1973 after which U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) assumed control.
On 18 January 1990, the CAR and the FORSCOM commander agreed to establish USARC as a subordinate command under FORSCOM. FORSCOM developed policy for the Army Reserve while the new Reserve Command executed procedures, plans, and programs in accordance with FORSCOM guidance. The objective was integration of the active component and reserve component into a Total Force.
1990
Permanent Order 183-13, dated 1 October 1990, established the U.S. Army Reserve Command (Provisional). Congress formalized this arrangement in November 1990 with the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991. This act assigned all Army Reserve forces in the continental United States to the command.
Congress directed the development of a concept plan for the new command. FORSCOM and the USARC Planning Group worked to transition functions from the continental U.S. Armies and FORSCOM to the USARC. A fully operational command came into being on 18 October 1991 with Permanent Order 54-15. By the fall of 1992, the USARC had become fully operational with the manpower strength of more than 810 military and civilian employees. As a result of Base Realignment and Closure, the USARC moved from Fort McPherson, Georgia to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 2010.