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Operation Joint Endeavor and Operation Joint Guard in 
Bosnia; 
Whereas since September 11, 2001, the Army Reserve has 
provided indispensable and sustained support for Oper-
ations Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Iraqi Free-
dom, with 98 percent of units either deployed or pro-
viding mobilized soldiers, and more than 147,000 indi-
vidual soldiers being mobilized (of which more than 
110,000 individual soldiers have deployed) in support of 
the Global War on Terrorism; 
Whereas more than 39,000 individual soldiers of the Army 
Reserve have served multiple deployments since Sep-
tember 11, 2001; 
Whereas 13,003 Army Reserve soldiers were forward-de-
ployed in the Central Command Area of Responsibility on 
October 31, 2007, and 102 soldiers of the Army Reserve 
had borne the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operations 
Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom through October 
31, 2007; 
Whereas the Army Reserve is organized into 3 components, 
the Ready Reserve, the Standby Reserve, and the Retired 
Reserve, which together contain more than 601,000 sol-
diers; 
Whereas the Army cannot go to war or sustain a military op-
eration without the highly skilled and trained personnel 
of the Army Reserve; 
Whereas the Army Reserve provides more than 37 percent of 
the mission essential combat support and combat service 
support forces of the Army; 
Whereas 100 percent of the Army’s Internment Settlement 
Brigades, Judge Advocate General Units (Legal Support 
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Organizations), Medical Groups, Railway Units, and 
Training and Exercise Divisions are in the Army Re-
serve; 
Whereas more than 66 percent of the Army’s Civil Affairs 
Units, Psychological Operations Units, Theater Signal 
Commands, Expeditionary Sustainment Commands, and 
Medical Capabilities are in the Army Reserve; 
Whereas the Army Reserve is no longer a force held in stra-
tegic reserve but today functions as an integral and es-
sential operational reserve in support of the missions of 
the active Army; 
Whereas the Army cannot go to war or sustain a military op-
eration without the skilled and trained Ready Reserve 
and Retired Reserve soldiers of the Army Reserve; 
Whereas the Selected Reserve component of the Army Re-
serve is comprised of more than 30,000 officers and 
150,000 enlisted soldiers who have volunteered their per-
sonal service in defense of the Constitution and their fel-
low citizens; 
Whereas the Army and the Army Reserve are recognized as 
institutions that have played historic and decisive roles in 
promoting the cause of individual dignity and the value 
of integration; 
Whereas nearly one in four Selected Reserve soldiers and 
more than one in five Individual Ready Reserve soldiers 
are women whose contributions are consistently charac-
terized by a high degree of commitment, professionalism, 
and military bearing; 
Whereas the ability of individual soldiers and the Army Re-
serve to perform their wartime missions is contingent on 
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the active engagement and support of their families, em-
ployers, and local communities; 
Whereas the Army Reserve is a community-based force with 
an active presence in 1,100 communities and 975 Army 
Reserve centers in operation throughout the United 
States; 
Whereas Sir Winston Churchill once remarked that ‘‘Reserv-
ists are twice the citizen’’, a sentiment that applies espe-
cially to the soldiers of the Army Reserve; and 
Whereas the Army Reserve makes these contributions to the 
security of our Nation in return for less than 5 percent 
of the Army’s total budget: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the Congress— 
(1) congratulates the Army Reserve on the oc-
casion of the 100th anniversary of the enactment of 
its original authorizing law; 
(2) recognizes and commends the Army Reserve 
for the selfless and dedicated service of its past and 
present citizen-soldiers whose personal courage, con-
tributions, and sacrifices have helped preserve the 
freedom and advance the national security and 
homeland defense of the United States; and 
(3) extends its gratitude to the veterans, sol-
diers, families, and employers whose essential and 
constant support have enabled the Army Reserve to 
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