Leveraging the Reserve Component

The Department of Defense faces significant, congressionally mandated, budget reductions. The services must identify efficiencies and best practices from inside the departments, industry, and across the other services and apply them to maintain required readiness and capabilities. The services must leverage their reserve components' expertise and experience, maximize asset utilization, and maintain readiness in a fiscally constrained environment by applying the Air Force Total Force Integration unit associate model in their aviation units. This book analyzes the service's Reserve component structure and opportunities for associational advantages and opportunities.