TABLE 3 Selected Reserve End Strength* (Thousands) **FY 1980 FY 1985 FY 1986 FY 1987 FY 1988 Actual Actual Actual Actual Estimate ARMY NATIONAL FY 1989 **For consistency, FY 1980 strengths have been adjusted to include Navy Training and Administration of Reserves (TARS) and Category "D" Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMAS) Despite the initial training requirements associated with these total strength increases plus the normal personnel losses, our trained strength in units (i.e., strength stated in terms of unit members who have completed initial training) is improving, as shown in Table 4. However, the rate of progress will be affected by the continuing growth of wartime requirements associated with increased Reserve component missions. Concurrent with the expanded role of the Reserve Forces is the continued growth in full-time support activities provided by Active component personnel, Active Guard/Reserve personnel, military technicians, and civil service personnel. The personnel organize, train, .recruit, and administer the Reserve components, in addition to maintaining equipment and other logistical activities. The total full-time support strength at the end of FY 1987 was approximately 15 percent of the Selected Reserve. The effectiveness of the training provided to drilling reservists is a function of the quality of the full-time support force. Therefore, our goal is to field a force of highly motivated and skilled personnel that is cost-effective and capable of producing well-trained Reserve component members and units fully prepared for rapid mobilization. We have requested an increase in full-time personnel of 5,418 for FY 1988 and an additional 70 for FY 1989. Tables 5 through 8 depict the current plan for our full-time support program. Table 8 shows the number of total full-time support personnel assigned by component and the percent the full time force is to the Selected Reserve Force. Amy National Guard 32,140 8.8% 51,925 11.6% 54,173 12.08 Total DOD 112,491 13.0% 160,283 14.2% 166,64 14.5% 172,112 14.7% 172,182 14.7% Individual Ready Reserve The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) is our principal source of pretrained individuals needed to fill wartime manpower shortages in active and reserve units, to replace unskilled or partially skilled unit members, and to replace combat casualties during the first 120 days of a full mobilization. The Army, Navy, and Air Force have used IRR Reenlistment Bonus Programs to reduce specific shortages in combat and other critical wartime skills. Since the last quarter of FY 1984, when these programs were first implemented, over 8,600 service members |