Military Review English Edition March-April 2016 | Page 103

RESERVE COMPONENT

also to doctrine, organizations, training, and leader
development.”3 The CCJO also states that the military
will need to be more agile and expeditionary in order
to meet combatant commanders’ requirements. For
the operational reserve to be effective, it will require
integration with AC forces. With 78 percent of the
Army’s sustainment forces projected to reside in the
RC by 2017, the demand for this support will facilitate
the ATF policy.4
In “CSA Strategic Priorities,” former CSA Gen.
Raymond T. Odierno calls for the use of “Total Army
forces and capabilities to rapidly meet emergent global combatant command requirements while maintaining an operational and strategic landpower reserve.”5 The priorities also seek to leverage the unique
sustainment capabilities of the RC to set and sustain
theater and regional campaigns. With the reduction
of AC end strength, the future security environment
will necessitate an Army that is predominantly based
in the United States but retains power projection
capabilities. To foster a regionally focused and globally responsive Army, the former CSA championed
the regionally aligned forces concept. When fully
implemented, regionally aligned forces will provide a
holistic approa