Panel: First Gulf War Proved the Value of the Reserve Force, Destructive Power of Simple Weapons
By: John Grady
January 13, 2021 2:33 PM • Updated: January 14, 2021 9:48 AM
Key to the success of the first Gulf War was extensive use of reservists — like Seabees and intelligence — in the conflict, three experts from the Center for Naval Analyses said in a press briefing Monday.
Mark Geis, who was an analyst with II Marine Expeditionary Force in Desert Shield/Desert Storm and is now CNA executive vice president, said this total force idea was “a little bit risky [of a] concept,†but all the services “were aggressively pursuing†it in the post-Vietnam era.
After the Vietnam War and the end of the draft, key functions needed to undertake a major military campaign were rooted in the reserves and required their activation to wage war.
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