Posted on Sep 14, 2015
Why do you think the Army National Guard got all Combat Arms and the Army Reserve got the support missions ?
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There is feeling that the Army Guard may be task with managing civilian unrest should the SHTF the Army National Guard getting all or most the combat arms missions reinforces that for some people in the country what are your thoughts on that?
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Big Army has most support in reserves, vice AD. If they need the reserve, POTUS can activate on his own. NG, he needs the consent of the Guv. More streamlined process.
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The Army National Guard received the Combat Arms because it is under state control (Title 32) until federalized (mobilized). That way the extensive equipment, supplies, training, and readiness costs are paid by the federal government but the Joint Force Headquarters at the state level can manage all of it. The Army Reserve has the training mission because they have the resources to be able to respond without having to go through the state Joint Force Headquarters, and therefore the flexibility. The civil unrest mission is a standby and not a primary mission.
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Is the question why the Reserves, does not have combat arms - and that the national guard do, and why this is?
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SGT David Starr
That is the gist of the question yes... I was in one of the last Army Reserve Infantry Units at Ft. Carson it was disbanded after the Gulf War it was the originally the first Battalion of the 10 Mountain Division from World War II that was established if you look at the 10th Mountain now it is the 2/87 Infantry. I was with the 3/87 Infantry while a part of that Unit we had a reunion with the 10 Mountain Division at Camp Hale in Colorado it was an amazing thing to be a part of.
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CW4 Guy Butler
Three reasons:
1) Governors (and legislatures)
2) Expensive shiny toys
3) Federal dollars to maintain said expensive shiny toys.
Let's face it - Stryker Brigade is a lot cooler than Sustainment Brigade - even though the Sustainment Brigade is better suited for disaster relief.
(I started out in a USAR field artillery battalion)
1) Governors (and legislatures)
2) Expensive shiny toys
3) Federal dollars to maintain said expensive shiny toys.
Let's face it - Stryker Brigade is a lot cooler than Sustainment Brigade - even though the Sustainment Brigade is better suited for disaster relief.
(I started out in a USAR field artillery battalion)
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