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Thea Army Reserve of Today can trace

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its roots as a national of federal

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citizen soldier force that goes back

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more than a century . Over the years ,

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with the crisis of a major war , the

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federal government mobilized large

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citizen soldier forces and train them

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for combat operations .

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Those individuals would later become

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the United States Army Reserve .

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The Army Reserve can be divided up into

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three major errors . The manpower

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reserve from 1908 to 1945 the

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strategic reserve from 1946 to 1990

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the operational reserve from 1992 today .

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Initially in 19 0 wait , Congress

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created the Medical Reserve Corps , the

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official predecessor of the United

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States Army Reserve . Using its

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constitutional authority to raise and

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support armies , the federal government

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created the organized reserve during

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the Second World War . After the

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Japanese surprise attack on Pearl

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Harbor , the Army Reserve once again

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called upon to meet the military needs

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of the nation . The Individual Reserve

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soldiers were placed into newly

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organized units , were trained and then

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deployed to the war zone ,

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the strategic reserve period . So a

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number of wars that challenged the army

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reserve after world War two . The world

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divided into two opposing armed camps .

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The Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact

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versus the United States and its allies .

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To face this new threat , the United

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States developed a containment policy

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to check the growth of communism over

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the next 45 years . A large military

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fourth would be required during peace

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time . To implement this new grand

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foreign policy , the units of this

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military force needed to be manned ,

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equipped , trained and ready for

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deployment at all times to a combat

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zone within a few months . Notice

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Congress plays heavy reliance on

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establishing and sustaining a more

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combat ready Army reserve to deploy

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together with the active Army for

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operations worldwide . Recognizing the

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importance of the organized reserve ,

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Congress authorized retirement and

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drove pay for the first time in 1948 .

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The fall of the Berlin Wall in November

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1989 marked the symbolic end of the

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Cold War in a victory for the free

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world . The likelihood of the Soviet

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Union posing the threat it once did

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seemed unlikely . Mission of the

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Army Reserve to prepare , equipped and

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trained its forces to respond to world

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events as directed by the president

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while at the same time capable of

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responding to natural disasters and

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other events within our homeland has

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not changed

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throughout the 20th century . The

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demands of modern warfare caused the

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number of combat support and combat

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service support specialty branches to

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multiply and grow in complexity ,

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making the manning of such units more

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difficult . This required the Army

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Reserve to be manned , equipped and

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trained at levels comparable to the

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active army . Such a capability allow

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the Army components to the more

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versatile and function as one team on

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the battlefield . It was from this

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concept that the Army Reserve

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Operational Reserve would evolve over

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the next 20 years . To improve the

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combat readiness of Army reserve units ,

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Congress mandated the creation of the

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United States Army Reserve Command in

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October 1990 to provide for more

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centralized management .

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Today , the Army Reserve has more than

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200,000 soldiers and civilian employees

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and 2000 units spread across 20 time

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zones . The nation cannot go to war

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without critical capabilities .

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Resident in the Army Reserve Army

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Reserve Warrior citizens have been

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tested in the crucible of combat ,

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earning their status as full partners

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in those operations no longer a

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supplemental strategic reserve force ,

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but rather an able an operational force

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upon whom the nation must routine call .

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Yeah .