Army Reserve officers are bailing out, this general has a plan
By Davis Winkie
Friday, Feb 17
The Army Reserve's top general, Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, talks about the future of the Army Reserve during a discussion panel at the Association of the United States Army Convention in Washington, D.C., October 11, 2022. (Sgt. 1st Class Brent C. Powell/Army)
It sounds simple.
Three words — “readiness over metrics” — summarize the impact Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels hopes to have on the Army Reserve.
But the 34th Chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, who holds a doctorate in computer science and boasts deep industry experience paired with her service, isn’t naive about the problems the Army’s smallest component faces. And many of the challenges exist despite — or perhaps because of — the Reserve’s achievements throughout the Global War on Terror.
The component is authorized around 189,500 troops, making it the smallest portion of the roughly 1 million-soldier “Total Army.” Since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 256,000 Army Reserve troops have mobilized at least once for the conflict, representing slightly under one-quarter of all military reserve component deployments during the period, according to defense manpower data. Only the Army National Guard, which is nearly twice as large, has deployed more reservists.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/02/17/army-reserve-officers-are-bailing-out-this-general-has-a-plan/