Total Force of the United States Armed Forces

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United States military doctrine concept military force structure concept

The Total Force of the United States Armed Forces is the integrated military structure that combines active duty, reserve, and National Guard components into a unified force for national defense and military operations.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Total Force Policy 2
Total Army 1
Total Force 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military doctrine concept ⓘ
military force structure concept ⓘ
administeredBy Joint Staff ⓘ
Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
appliesTo United States Armed Forces ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emphasizes common standards for training and readiness ⓘ
efficient use of manpower and resources ⓘ
interoperability among components ⓘ
focusesOn force employment ⓘ
force generation ⓘ
force structure integration ⓘ
governedBy Department of Defense directives ⓘ
United States defense policy ⓘ
includesComponent Active Component ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Air Force Active Component

Air Force Reserve ⓘ
Air National Guard ⓘ
Army Active Component ⓘ
Army National Guard ⓘ
Army Reserve ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
surface form: Coast Guard Active Component

United States Coast Guard Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Coast Guard Reserve

Marine Corps Active Component ⓘ
United States Marine Corps Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Marine Corps Reserve

United States National Guard ⓘ
surface form: National Guard

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: Navy Active Component

United States Navy Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Navy Reserve

Reserve Component ⓘ
United States Space Force ⓘ
surface form: Space Force Active Component
principle integration of active and reserve components ⓘ
seamless employment of all components ⓘ
shared responsibility for national defense ⓘ
purpose provide integrated military capability for national defense ⓘ
support military operations across the full spectrum of conflict ⓘ
relatedConcept Active Component ⓘ
United States National Guard ⓘ
surface form: National Guard

Reserve Component ⓘ
relatedDoctrine Total Force policy of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: Total Force Policy
scope operational level ⓘ
strategic level ⓘ
tactical level ⓘ
usedFor civil support and disaster response ⓘ
contingency operations ⓘ
homeland defense missions ⓘ
major combat operations ⓘ
peacetime operations ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army National Guard → componentOf → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
Army Reserve → componentOf → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Total Force
National Guard Bureau → componentOf → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Total Force of the U.S. Armed Forces
Reserve Components of the United States Armed Forces → componentOf → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
U.S. Army Reserve Command → componentOf → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Total Army
United States Marine Corps Reserve → componentOf → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Total Force Marine Corps
Reserve Components of the United States Armed Forces → legalBasis → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Total Force Policy
United States National Guard → legalBasis → Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Total Force Policy