[20170621]IF10678_陆军2017财年部队结构决策.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov June 21, 2017Army FY2017 Force Structure DecisionsBackground The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, P.L. 114-328, authorizes the Army to maintain an endstrength of 1.018 million soldiers, an increase over previous programmed plans to reduce the Army to 980,000 soldiers by the end of FY2018. FY2017 endstrength authorizations are: Regular Army: 476,000 Army National Guard (ARNG): 343,000 U.S. Army Reserve (USAR): 199,000 Given this increase in endstrength, the Army plans to initiate the following force structure decisions (see https:/www.army.mil/article/189082/department_of_the_army_announces_force_structure_decisions_for_fiscal_year_2017 for more information). Enhance Readiness The Armys goal for units deploying on operations is that these units have 100% of their authorized personnel available. This goal is often not achievable due to the Army-level inventory of soldiersin both grade and military occupational specialty (MOS)available to be assigned to units. In addition, soldiers assigned to units can become “non-deployable” and ineligible to participate in operations for a variety of reasons. Some of the more common ones inclu