National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of January 7, 2004

United States Department of Defense ^ | January 7, 2004 | DoD Media contact

[Calpernia]

This week the Army reports an increase in the number of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization. The Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all report a decrease. The net collective result is 10,213 more reservists than last week.

At any given time, services may mobilize some units and individuals while demobilizing others, making it possible for these figures to either increase or decrease. Total number currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 164,847; Naval Reserve 1,491; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 19,942; Marine Corps Reserve, 6,515; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 1,164. This brings the total National Guard and Reserve on active duty to 193,959 including both units and individual augmentees.

A cumulative roster of all National Guard and Reserve who are currently on active duty can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2004/d20040107.pdf

[Calpernia]

Pro Military News

This week the Army reports an increase in the number of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization. The Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all report a decrease. The net collective result is 10,213 more reservists than last week.

[Squantos]

51 years ago Herman Jones, a West Virginia mountain man, was drafted
into the United States Army.

On the first day of boot camp the Army issued him a comb. That afternoon
an Army barber cut off all his hair. On the second day of boot camp the
Army issued him a toothbrush.
That afternoon an Army dentist pulled out 7 of his teeth.

On the third day the Army issued him a jock strap. The Army is still
looking for him.

BTTT...........Stay Safe !.........:o)

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[COBOL2Java]

Is our National Defense stretched thin?

Ya think???

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!

[Jim Cane]

Ya think???

It's okay. We're going to outsource our army to the Mexicans. They are much cheaper even though we'll pay them more than Vinny Fox.

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed. Here's an excerpt from Representative Henry Hyde's article, "U.S. Military Resources Have Been Depleted by Years of Clinton/Gore Neglect" which of course, predates the Bush administration:

“The Army has reduced its ranks by more than 630,000 soldiers and civilians and closed over 700 installations at home and overseas… Since 1987, active duty military personnel have been reduced by more than 800,000…

Last June [1998], the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group deployed with 770 fewer personnel than it did on its previous deployment three years before.

At about the same time, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, another carrier, began a 6-month deployment 464 people short of its 2,963 authorized billets.

Late last year [1998], the USS Enterprise deployed for the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf short 400 personnel. The Navy has total of 22,000 empty slots in a 324-ship fleet.

The armed services already suffer a severe ammunition shortfall going into the Kosovo engagement. According to the Service Chiefs, the FY99 ammunition shortfall for the Marine Corps is $193 million. For the Army in FY00, it is a shocking $3.5 billion.

The equipment we have is aging.

The average age of the B-52H bombers—now in use in the Balkans—is 37 years old.

The average age of the Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) is 26 years old.

The design of the CH-46 helicopter—a Marine mainstay—is approximately 40 years old.

A-10 pilots flying over Kosovo have been forced to spend their own money to buy inferior, off-the-shelf GPS receivers at local stores and attach them with Velcro to their planes to use in conjunction with their outdated survival radios should their planes crash.

At a congressional hearing held in February [1999] at the Navy’s Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallen, NV – the world-renowned ‘Top Gun’ fighter pilot school – Members were told that mechanical problems had grounded 14 of the center’s 23 aircraft.

More than half of the B1-Bs at Ellsworth AFB are not mission capable because they lack critical parts.”

Considering what Bush started with and what he had to face after 911, I am not surprised by these call-ups or the huge military expenditures.

[Old Sarge]

currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 164,847

Make that, 164,846 plus me.

[blackie]

National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of January 7, 2004 ~ Bump!

[El Gato]

Considering what Bush started with and what he had to face after 911, I am not surprised by these call-ups or the huge military expenditures.

Which huge expenitures would those be? Other than the a large chunch of the direct dollars attributable to Iraq and Afghanistan? The general budget, less those direct dollars, has probably decreased. I know the budget for training and training equipment is down over what had been anticipated, and it was already pretty low when Bush took office. There were some increases put in before 911, some but not much, but since then things have slipped again as funds go to support directe operational activities.

Bush and Rummy are talking about yet another round of base closes. For 2005, IIRC.

[El Gato]

The average age of the B-52H bombers—now in use in the Balkans—is 37 years old.

Heck they are still young. The Air Force is in the middle of a mid-life upgrade as we type. I kid you not. They are scheduled to fly on (as loose collections of parts flying in formation) until around 2025. By that time, the grandchildren of the original pilots (of B-52Hs) will be flying them, and maybe even some great grandchildren of the pilots of earlier versions of the BUFF.

[bjcintennessee]

Thank you for your service to our country.

Liked your home page, BTW.

Sorry you have to go to Bosnia. Any chance you'll have access to the internet over there, and can still join us FReepers?

[Old Sarge]

Ah, but you misunderstand.

I'm not going.

I've been on Active Duty since just after 9/11, part of Operation Noble Eagle - the Homeland Security mission.

As such, I didn't go with my unit; I've got a war mission, right here.

Doesn't mean I can't think about them...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the additional information and insight! Indeed, there will be continuing debate over what the new services ought to be like and which bases are no longer needed.

[bjcintennessee]

Sorry -- read "Bosnia bound" in your tagline and assumed...

Whether stateside or on foreign soil, being in the military means you are serving our country and we thank you.

[windchime]

Bump!

[El Gato]

Thank you so much for the additional information and insight! Indeed, there will be continuing debate over what the new services ought to be like and which bases are no longer needed.

I don't think we need to close any more bases. Maybe mothball a few for later need, but not close and convert any more. In the last rounds of base closings, the Air Force closed 2 of its 5 Air Logistics Center bases (San Antonio, TX and Sacremento, CA. Of the three remaining, I've only been to Tinker, and it's bursting at the seams. They are having to buy (or maybe lease) more land nearby to carry the overflow. We don't need to be closing another of those. Bases not currently needed for the active force can be turned into Guard/Reserve bases, even if only minimally populated, against future need. We haven't seen the end of war or history, and we most likely will need them in the future, possibly the not too distant future at that.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply and your views! When it comes to closures and consolidations, I would much rather they look overseas. Our choices should be based on national security first but then also to reward the nations who stand with us in the war on terror.

[Old Sarge]

I think what I better do is, a one-word change in the tagline (sheepish grin)...

On the bright side: They'll be home for Christmas...