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Army Reserve announces new Regional Readiness Sustainment Commands

September 15, 2006

FORT MCPHERSON, Ga. (Army News Service, Sept. 15, 2006) The U.S. Army Reserve announced today that it will stand up four new Regional Readiness Sustainment Commands, continuing a transformation plan that was announced in September 2005.

As the four new organizations stand up, they will take the place of ten Regional Readiness Command headquarters in providing "base support to Army Reserve units in their respective regions,” said Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz, Chief of the Army Reserve.

"The result of this reshaping will be a more streamlined command and control structure and an increase in ready, deployable assets: An operational force to support the global war on terrorism," Stultz, explained.

The realignment will:

-- Increase unit and Soldier readiness;

-- Increase the availability of deployable units and Soldiers;

-- Provide improved facilities and training;

-- Streamline command and control;

-- Increase the number of specialties available to support the global war on terrorism; and

-- Improve Army Reserve business, resourcing, and acquisition processes.

The new 63rd, 81st, 88th and 99th Regional Readiness Sustainment Commands will begin their Initial Operating Capability in phases throughout fiscal year 2007 and will provide personnel, information management, facilities support and equipment support to the Army Reserve units in their respective geographic areas.

The current Regional Readiness Commands will disestablish in phases by FY 09 as the RRSCs become fully operational, and new smaller commands will establish in place of many of the RRCs, Stultz said.

The 81st will be the first RRSC to begin IOC, projected for not later than 1st quarter of FY 2007. It will be organized at Fort Jackson, S.C., supporting a geographical area that includes Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida.

The 99th RRSC is being organized at Fort Dix, N.J., and will support a geographical area that includes Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont and Maine. Projected IOC for the 99th RRSC is not later than 2nd quarter of FY 2007.

The 88th RRSC is being organized at Fort McCoy, Wis., with a projected IOC of not later than the 4th quarter of FY 2007. Its geographical area will include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.

The 63d RRSC is being organized at Moffett Field, Calif., and will be responsible for a geographical area that includes California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Its projected IOC is not later than the 4th quarter of FY 2007.