Military Review English Edition July-August 2014 | Page 35

Soldiers and airmen
with the New York
Air National Guard
provide relief support
to Long Beach, New
York following severe
damage caused by
Hurricane Sandy,
2 November 2012.
(U.S. Air Force / Senior Airman
Christopher S. Muncy)

Sustaining the Army
National Guard as an
Operational Force
Col. Thomas M. Zubik, U.S. Army Reserve,
Col. Paul C. Hastings, U.S. Army National Guard, Retired, and
Col. Michael J. Glisson, U.S. Army National Guard
The most difficult military problem to resolve is that of
establishing a security system, as inexpensively as possible
in peace, capable of transforming itself very rapidly into a
powerful force in case of the danger of aggression.

—Gen. André Beaufre, Strategy for Tomorrow, 1974

MILITARY REVIEW  July-August 2014

T

he Army National Guard (ARNG) rightfully
champions its designation as an operational
force. For 10 years the ARNG has continuously deployed operational units all over the world using
the Army force generation (ARFORGEN) rotational
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