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China --- China --- Armed Forces --- History --- Armed Forces --- Personnel management.

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This executive summary presents the major findings and conclusions of the study, which examines the structure and appropriate mix of active and reserve forces. The study analyzes policy issues surrounding the Total Force (that is, active and reserve forces), to include history and effectiveness during the Persian Gulf War. It also evaluates several mixes of active and reserve forces assuming a range of manning and funding levels. With respect to land forces, the study estimated how long it took different types of units to prepare for combat, concluding that reserve support units were the most critical because they managed the overseas deployments, but the readiness of reserve combat units was the most controversial. The study estimated it would take 128 days to prepare a brigade-sized unit for combat. A number of techniques could reduce that time, but rounding out active units at a lower level (e.g., company or battalion) offered the greatest potential for saving time. The study contains detailed analyses of force structures for Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps units. It also addresses the ability to sustain different reserve structures and ways to improve the readiness of reserve combat forces.

United States --- United States --- United States --- Armed Forces --- Organization. --- Armed Forces --- Reserves. --- Armed Forces --- Operational readiness.

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Europe --- Defenses --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- Armed Forces --- United States --- Armed Forces --- Germany [West ] --- Armed Forces