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Military Reserves

Members of a country's military reserves pursue full-time civilian careers and are not on active duty, though they may be called upon at times of emergency. RAND provides military and political decisionmakers with objective research and recommendations on how to attract, train, and maintain an effective military reserve force.

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RAND Study Finds Most Military Reservists See Income Rise When Called to Active Duty

RAND news release: RAND Study Finds Most Military Reservists See Income Rise When Called to Active Duty

Jan 25, 2006
Report

Most Military Reservists See Income Rise When Called to Active Duty

Most U.S. military reservists called to active duty in 2003 have seen their earnings rise, contradicting the perception that reservists generally lose income when called to service.

Sep 16, 2005
Report

Modeling Reserve Recruiting: Estimates of Enlistments

Given that reserve components are increasingly being called upon to provide support across the entire spectrum of military operations, the authors examine reserve recruiting and the likely challenges facing the reserve components.

Aug 18, 2005
Report

Reserve Recruiting in the College Market

The demand for college among U.S. military reservists is strong and increasing. To continue to attract high-quality personnel, recruits could be given the option to attend college without the risk of being activated with their Reserve units.

Dec 31, 2004
Research Brief

Reserve Recruiting in the College Market: New Educational Benefits Could Attract High-Aptitude Recruits

RAND found that, for most military service members, college attendance is compatible with Reserve service. Many reservists successfully combine service with both civilian jobs and college, and use the educational benefits available to them. However, ...

Dec 31, 2003
Research Brief

Deploying the Force: What the Reserve Components Can Add

The Persian Gulf War and subsequent deployments of U.S. Army forces make it clear that units from the Reserve Components (RC) will play an important part in future operations. Their specific role hinges on how quickly they can be ready for deployment.

Dec 31, 2000
Research Brief

Enhancing Personnel Readiness in the Army Reserve Components

Summarizes the efforts of Arroyo Center analysts to understand Army RC personnel readiness shortfalls, their implications, and their potential solutions.

Dec 31, 2000
Report

The Thrift Savings Plan: Will Reservists Participate?

The FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act provided authority to members of the armed services to participate in the federal thrift savings plan (TSP), whose structure is similar to the Civil Service Retirement System. A cost analysis by the Federal Thrift Retirement Investment Board found that extending ...

Dec 31, 1999
Report

Consolidating Active and Reserve Component Training Infrastructure

This report examines ways to consolidate training infrastructure and augment capabilities across components to gain efficiency and achieve economies of scale in conducting individual training of Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) soldiers.

Jan 1, 1999
Report

The Total Army School System: Recommendations for Future Policy

Summarizes the Arroyo Center's analysis of the Reserve Component (RC) school system and the prototype over two fiscal years (1995 and 1996) in the areas of training requirements and school production, training resources and costs, and training quality.

Jan 1, 1999
Report

Staffing Army ROTC at Colleges and Universities: Alternatives for Reducing the Use of Active-Duty Soldiers

Discusses alternatives to current SROTC battalion staffing in which many active-duty soldiers performing teaching or training functions would be replaced by reservists or by contracted civilians with former military service.

Jan 1, 1999
Research Brief

Improving Performance and Efficiency in the Total Army School System

As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance unit readiness while reducing infrastructure and costs, the U.S. Army has taken steps to consolidate its complex system of schools and training centers and to improve training standards.

Dec 31, 1998
Research Brief

How Did ODS/S Affect the RC? Evidence from the 1992 Survey

Such mobilizations are likely to be more frequent in the future and are likely to have important effects on reservists' attitudes and the degree of support they receive from their families and civilian employees.

Dec 31, 1998
Research Brief

Bridging the Gap: Consolidating Active and Reserve Training

Found that any of the options they explored for conducting maintenance training offered savings ranging from 15 to 43 percent over a baseline case, at the same time increasing cross-component interaction among AC and RC trainers and students.

Dec 31, 1998
Report

The Effect of Mobilization on Retention of Enlisted Reservists After Operation Desert Shield/Storm

Discusses how reserve mobilizations affect the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of reservists, their families, and their employers.

Jan 1, 1998
Research Brief

Did Desert Storm Affect Reserve Component Retention?

The ODS/S mobilization had only a minor effect on retention and that the things that influence retention are the same ones that have affected it for decades: paygrade, component, individual satisfaction, and the attitudes of spouses.

Dec 31, 1997
Report

Costs and Benefits of Reserve Participation: New Evidence from the 1992 Reserve Components Survey

Recent greater reliance on reserve forces has made it important to understand how reserve mobilizations affect the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of reservists, their families, and their civilian employers.

Jan 1, 1997
Research Brief

Trends in the Enlisted Reserve

The call-up of over 240,000 reservists for the Persian Gulf War marked the largest mobilization of the reserves since the Korean War. Although largely successful, the call-up spawned a number of concerns.

Dec 31, 1995
Report

Insuring Mobilized Reservists Against Economic Losses: An Overview

Summarizes results from an ongoing study of the economic losses of reservists upon mobilization and explores one option for addressing this problem, namely, the feasibility of offering insurance protection against such losses.

Dec 31, 1994
Report

Army Active/Reserve Mix: Force Planning for Major Regional Contingencies

This report documents results from ongoing RAND research on how changing national military strategies and resources might affect the mix of active and reserve component forces in the Army.

Dec 31, 1994

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