The Army relies on its total force to satisfy the Defense Strategic Guidance, and the service is taking measures to improve integration and readiness of the reserve component, according to the head of Forces Command. During an Oct. 3 interview with Inside the Army in Washington, Gen. Robert "Abe" Abrams noted that in 2010, the Army "had 735,000 soldiers on active duty," versus approximately 490,000 today. Despite that decrease, "the demand signal from the combatant commands is still pretty...
