The total Reserve component structure which operates across the continuum of military missions performing both strategic and operational roles in peacetime, wartime, contingency, domestic emergencies and homeland defense operations.
Strategic Reserve A definition of the strategic reserve and a review of lessons learned from recent mobilizations are critical to understanding why ARFORGEN and an operational reserve are important to the Army. Prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks the Army Reserve was viewed as a strategic reserve.  The operating reserve is made up of the spinning reserve as well as the non-spinning or supplemental reserve: 1  The spinning reserve is the extra generating capacity that is available by increasing the power output of generators that are already connected to the power system. Generators that intend to provide either spinning and non-spinning reserve should be able to reach their promised capacity within roughly ten minutes. Most power system guidelines require a significant fraction of their operating reserve to come from spinning reserve. Definition 2: Operational Reserve Definition Findings-Definitions • The total Reserve component structure which operates across the continuum of military missions performing both strategic and operational roles in peacetime, wartime, contingency, domestic emergencies and homeland defense operations. The Department should define Operational Reserve for consistent use in strategy, policy, and doctrinal publications to ensure the necessary supporting statutes and policies are developed, and to enable effective assessment of service program and budget positions. • The Department should define and describe Operational Reserve for consistent use in strategy, policy, and doctrinal publications; to ensure the necessary supporting statutes and policies are developed; and to enable effective assessment of service program and budget positions .. The Department should define Operational Reserve for consistent use in strategy, policy, and doctrinal publications to ensure the necessary supporting statutes and policies are developed, and to enable effective assessment of service program and budget positions. Definition 1: Operational Reserve Definition Findings-Definitions • That portion of the Reserve Components that can serve in an operational capacity-available, trained, and equipped for predictable routine deployment. The Department should define Operational Reserve for consistent use in strategy, policy, and doctrinal publications to ensure the necessary supporting statutes and policies are developed, and to enable effective assessment of service program and budget positions. In electricity networks, the operating reserve is the generating capacity available to the system operator within a short interval of time to meet demand in case a generator goes down or there is another disruption to the supply. Generators that intend to provide either spinning and non-spinning reserve should be able to reach their promised capacity within roughly ten minutes. Most power system guidelines require a significant fraction of their operating reserve to come from spinning reserve. 1 The non-spinning reserve or supplemental reserve is the extra generating capacity that is not currently connected to the system but can be brought online after a short delay. 2  In isolated power systems, this typically equates to the power available from fast-start generators. Generators that intend to provide either spinning and non-spinning reserve should be able to reach their promised capacity within roughly ten minutes. Most power system guidelines require a significant fraction of their operating reserve to come from spinning reserve. Operational Reserve Definition Findings-Definitions Proposed Subcommittee Definition: • Routine recurring utilization of the Reserve Components as a fully integrated part of the operational force that is planned and programmed by the Services. The Department should define Operational Reserve for consistent use in strategy, policy, and doctrinal publications to ensure the necessary supporting statutes and policies are developed, and to enable effective assessment of service program and budget positions. The what and why of having operating reserves are intertwined and fundamental. In its very simplest conception, an operating reserve is a rainy day fund, and people have such funds because they provide shelter from the storm. In spring 2008, a Nonprofit Operating Reserves Initiative Workgroup comprising experienced individuals representing multiple facets of the nonprofit sector was convened with the objective of defining an Operating Reserve Ratio and using the ratio to focus attention on the importance of nonprofit financial stability.
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