TOTAL FORCE CONCEPT
OTS Current Military Topics

Does the Total Force Concept Work?


February  2005

Compiled by Joan Phillips
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL


Contents

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All sites last accessed 19 January 2005
For more information, see AUL bibliography,
Total Force Policy of the Air Force, compiled by Joan Phillips, August 2004.


OTS Reserve


The following materials are located on the OTS Reserve Shelf. Check online catalog for availability of additional copies.

Anderson, Gregory S., The Total Force: How Can the CINC Utilize the Reserve Tactical Air Component? Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 2002. 23 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA405858
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 A546t

Downey, Chris R. The Total Force Policy and Effective Force. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2004. 22 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 D748t

Gray, Trevor E. The Evolution of Total Force and the Air National Guard: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, April 2004. 33 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43112 G782e

Latham, Ruth. Understanding the Air Force Reserve for Better Total Force Integration. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, April 2003. 40 p.
Doc. call no. M-U 43112 L352u


Internet Resources


Air Force Reserve Command Fact Sheet.
Available online: http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=151

Air Force Reserve Command Home Page.
Available online: http://www.afrc.af.mil/

Click on News and Information.

Air National Guard Fact Sheet
.
Available online: http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=160

Air National Guard. Global Security.Org.
Available online: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/ang.htm

Air National Guard Home Page.
Available online at: http://www.ang.af.mil/

Future Total Force: Raising the Bar for Force Integration.
Available online: http://www.af.mil/lib/misc/ftf.pdf

Huguelet, Charles T. The Dual Status of the National Guard and the Total Force. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University, April 2002. 38 p.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA420536

Reserve Component Employment Study 2005. 1999.
Available onlinet: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/rces2005_072299.html


Books


Department of Defense Plan for Integrating National Guard and Reserve Component Support for Response to Attacks Using Weapons of Mass Destruction.  S.l.,  Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, 1998. 1 vol.
Prepared by the DOD Tiger Team.
Also available online: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/wmdresponse
Book call no.: 363.34525 D419

Duncan, Stephen M. Citizen Warriors: America's National Guard and Reserve Forces and the Politics of National Security. Novato, CA, Presidio Press, 1997. 317 p.
Book call no.: 355.370973 D912c

Gladman, Daniel L. Total Force Policy and the Fighter Force. Maxwell AFB, AL,  Air University Press, 1995. 53 p. 
Book call no.: 358.4 G542t

Gross, Charles Joseph. The Air National Guard and the Persian Gulf Crisis. S.l., National Guard Bureau Historical Services Division, n.d. 49 p.
Book call no.: 355.370973 G878a

Lucas, Joseph E. and Johnson, Stuart C. Air National Guard Fighters in the Total Force. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, April 1995. 37 p.
Also available online:
www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/maxwell/mp01.pdf
Book call no.: 355.37 L933a
Also Doc call no.: M-U 43117 L933a

Rand Corp. Principles for Determining the Air Force Active/Reserve Mix, by Albert J. Robert and others. Santa Monica, CA, 1999. 82 p.
Also available online: http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1091/
Book call no.: 358.41370973 R631p


Documents


Documents  are located across the lobby in the East Wing of the library. 
Some of the documents cited in this section are student papers written to fulfill PME school requirements.  
                                         

Broomall, Hugh T. Integration of the National Guard into the Total Force. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 1999. 40 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 B8731i

Dreiling, Elizabeth E. National Guard: A Future Homeland Security Paradigm?  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies. Army Command and General Staff College, May 2002.    118 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 D771n

Gutierrez, Angelito L. How Does the National Guard Become Relevant, Ready and Reactive? Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, February 2004. 22 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423735
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 G984h

Harris, Brian C. Relevance of Army National Guard Infantry Units in the Force Structure and Their Role in Combat. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 2004. 18 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423614
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 H313r

Harvey, Robert. Fighters of the Total Force in the 21st Century: Should the Force Structure Change? Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University, April 2001. 83 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA407691
Doc. call no.: M-U 42252-91 H342f


Hokanson, Daniel R. What Should the Role of the National Guard Be in the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2000. 56 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA380820
Doc. call no.: M-U 42525 H721w

Hueg, Thomas H. Tactical Airlift Operations within the Expeditionary Aerospace Force, Impact on the Air Force Reserve. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1999.  33 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397035
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 H887t

Jones, Brain D. The Abrams Doctrine: Total Force Foundation or Enduring Fallacy? Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, February 2004. 26 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423689
Doc. call no. M-U 39080-537 J762a

Kuehn, William F. The Role of the National Guard in Homeland Security. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, February 2004. 1 vol.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423784
Doc. call no. M-U 39080-537 K952r

Kulick, Jennifer C. An Unfolding Model of Voluntary Turnover of Air Force Reservists and Air National Guard Members. Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, March 2004. 75 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA422906
Doc. call no.: M-U 39567-5 K96u

Limoges, Peter M. The Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up Still Current in Light of Increased Reserve Applications? Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, April 2000. 20 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA377286
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 L734p

Meyer, Mark P. The National Guard Citizen-Soldier: The Linkage Between Responsible National Security Policy and the Will of the People. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, April 1996. 37 p.
Also Available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA322867
Also in books call number: 355.370973 M613n
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 M6131n

Profit, Gary M. Access to Reserve Component Units and Individuals...Because It's Important. Newport, RI, Naval War College, March 1996. 29 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA297873
Looks at the political background of using reserve forces.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 P964a

Pulley, Stephen M. Why Is the Air National Guard Ready to Assume a Major Leadership Role in Aerospace Expeditionary Force?  Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command and General Staff College, 2000. 98 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA383898
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 P9821w

Randle, Lawrence L. Integrating Versus Merging of the Guard and Reserve: Should the United States Continue to Maintain Duplicate Federal and State Military Reserve Forces. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, February 2002. 29 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 R191i

Reynolds, George E. Reserve Components and the National Will: Clausewitz, Total Force Policy, and the Strategic Realities of the 21st Century. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, April 2003. 52 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA415733
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 R463r


Sarcione, Stephen M. Will Employers Continue to Support the Reserve Components in the 21st Century?  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, May 2000. 26 p.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA380105
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 S243w

United States. General Accounting Office. Force Structure: Air Force Needs a Periodic Total Force Assessment: Report to Congressional Committees. Washington, May 2002. 14 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41026-173 no.02-541

United States. General Accounting Office. Reserve Forces: DOD Actions Needed to Better Manage Relations Between Reservists and Their Employers. Washington, June 2002. 60 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 41026-173 no.02-608


Periodicals


Andreotti, Eugene.  Unfinished Business:  Air Force Sets Force-Integration Pace, but Work Remains to Become a Truly Seamless Organization.  National Guard  54:57-58  March 2000.

Bennett, Ann. Extending the Force. Airman 45:40-43 October 2001.
Also available online: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/1001/istres.html

Castellon, David. The Odd Couple: Active Duty and Guard in One Wing. Air Force Times 62:12-13 June 24, 2002.


Cathcart, Sue. Home Air Defense: Guard Air Sovereignty Mission Turned inside out Sept. 11 after Terrorists Turn Jetliners into Missiles. National Guard 55:18-21 December 2001.

Clausen, Perry. Total Force 'Outsources' War Fighting. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 129:2 April 2003.

Correll, John T. New Horizons for the Total Force. Air Force Magazine 85:56-61 August 2002.
Also available online: http://www.afa.org/magazine/Aug2002/0802force.asp

Duehring, Craig W. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs: The Value of the Total Force. Officer 78:24-26 January-February 2002.

ESGR (National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve).
Officer 79:79-81 January-February 2002.

A Few Words from the Chairman: Gen. Richard Meyers, Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Talks about Key Issues Facing the Force. Air Force Magazine 86:72-73 March 2003.
Also available online: http://www.afa.org/magazine/march2003/0303chairman.asp

FY 2003 Legislative Priorities (NGAUS): Executive Summary.
National Guard 56:42-56 March-April 2002.

Herbert, Adam J. Total Force in a Search for Balance. Air Force Magazine 86:32-38 September 2003.
Also available online: http://www.afa.org/magazine/sept2003/0903total.asp

Kauchak, Marty. Reserves in Transformation. Armed Forces Journal International 139:11+ August 2001.
Also available online: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5028726&db=aph
 
Jacobs, Bruce. Lessons Lost? (Motivation behind development of Total Force Policy). National Guard 57:28-31 March 2003.

Keegan, John C. The Reserves: Ready to Fight...World War I? U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 125:54-56 February 1999.
Also available online: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=1765603&db=aph

Kelly, Carol A. Corporate Policies: Corporate Response to Reserve Components' Call-Ups. Officer 77:78-86 January-February 2001.

Kelly, Carol A. Fortune Policies: Corporate Response to Reserve Call-up. Officer 79:84-93 January-February 2002.

Kennedy, Williams V. Merge the Guard and Reserves. Strategic Review 28:48-52 Spring 2000.

Kirby, Sheila N. and Naftel, Scott. The Impact of Deployment on the Retention of Military Reservists. Armed Forces & Society 26:259-284 Winter 2000.
Also available online: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=2910503&db=mth

Kitfield, James. Are We Wearing out the Guard and Reserve? Air Force Magazine 84:34-39 February 2001.
Also available online: http://www.afa.org/magazine/feb2001/0201reserve.asp

Kitfield, James. The Guard and Reserve Step Up. Air Force Magazine 85:62-66 January 2002.
Also available online:
http://www.afa.org/magazine/jan2002/0102gr.asp

Maze, Rick. Total Force Crossroads (Reservists wonder why benefits don't match those of active duty counterparts). Air Force Times 64:14-16+ September 15, 2003.

Myers, Richard B. Joint Chiefs of Staff: The Total Force Wins Our Nation's Wars. Officer 78:20-22 January-February 2002.

Reserve and the Total Force: America's Future National Security. Officer 69:166-180 February 1993.
Background information on the structure of the Total Force.

Same Q's Different A's: Interview with Bill Frist and Tom Daschle. National Guard 58:36-38+ April 2004.

Stump, Bob. House Armed Services Committee: The United States Reserve - Overcoming Challenges as Part of the Total Force. Officer 79:14-16 January-February 2003.


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