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On 23 April 1908 Congress created the Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. [3] After World War I, under the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress reorganized the U.S. land forces by authorizing a Regular Army, a National Guard and an Organized Reserve (Officers Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corps) of unrestricted size, which later became the Army Reserve. [4]
The Army's plan called for the command to be organized as a major subordinate command. FORSCOM was to develop overall policy for units of the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), while the Reserve Command was to prepare implementation procedures, plans, and programs in accordance with FORSCOM guidance.
Rescuers with a victim of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake Rescue teams evacuating residents from flooded areas during Hurricane Katrina. Urban search and rescue (abbreviated as USAR [1] or US&R [2]) is a type of technical rescue operation that involves the location, extrication, and initial medical stabilization of victims trapped in an urban area, namely structural collapse due to natural ...
The reserve components of the United States Armed Forces are military organizations whose members generally perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty per year and who augment the active duty (or full-time) military when necessary.
The chief of the United States Army Reserve (CAR) [1] is the commanding officer of the United States Army Reserve, the reserve component of the United States Army.As the highest-ranking officer in the United States Army Reserve, the CAR [2] is the principal advisor to the chief of staff of the Army on all matters relating to the Army Reserve, and is responsible for the personnel, operations ...
The Army Reserve Command (USARC) came into existence in 1989 with the establishment of the USARC headquarters at Ft. McPherson, Georgia. The Chief, US Army Reserve (CAR), Major General William Ward became the first USARC commander. He was dual hatted as CG and CAR.
USAR or U.S.A.R. may refer to: United Speed Alliance Racing (now Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series), a car racing series in the United States; United States Army Rangers, the elite light infantry of the United States Army; United States Army Reserve, the reserve component forces of the United States Army
US Army Reserve: Garrison/HQ: Birmingham, Alabama: Nickname(s) ARSC: Motto(s) One Sustains Many: Engagements: Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom: Commanders; Commanding officer: Brigadier General Heather A. Reuter: Command Sergeant Major: CSM David W. Hausler