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The chief of the United States Army Reserve (CAR) is the commanding officer of the
United States Army Reserve The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a Military reserve force, reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed F ...
, the reserve component of the
United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
. As the highest-ranking officer in the United States Army Reserve, the CAR is the principal advisor to the chief of staff of the Army on all matters relating to the Army Reserve, and is responsible for the personnel, operations and construction budgets of the Army Reserve, subject to the supervision and control of the
secretary of the Army The secretary of the Army (SA or SECARMY) is a senior civilian official within the United States Department of Defense, with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, insta ...
. - Office of Army Reserve: appointment of Chief. Dual-hatted as Commanding General,
United States Army Reserve Command United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) commands all United States Army Reserve units and is responsible for overseeing unit staffing, training, management and deployment. Approximately 205,000 Army Reserve soldiers are assigned to USARC. Th ...
, the CAR is also responsible to the
Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command The Commanding General of United States Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM) is the head of United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). In this position, he or she is in charge of approximately 780,000 Active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army Natio ...
for the oversight of operationally-deployed Army Reserve forces. By statute, the CAR is a member of the Army Staff, as well as one of five Army Reserve members of the
Reserve Forces Policy Board The Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB) is a federal advisory committee established by statute within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Its purpose is to "serve as an independent adviser to the Secretary of Defense to provide advice and recomm ...
. The CAR is also designated by statute as the executive agent for the Full Time Support Program, a personnel program under the
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. The Chief's headquarters is the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, housed at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina Fort Bragg is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with around 54,000 military personnel. The military reservation is located within Cum ...
. The 33rd and current Chief of the Army Reserve is Lieutenant General
Jody J. Daniels Jody J. Daniels (born ) is a Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general in the United States Army, who serves as the 34th (and the first woman) Chief of the United States Army Reserve, and the 9th Commanding General, United States Ar ...
, the first woman to lead the Army Reserve as well as an Army service component command.


Appointment and rank

As an officer's appointment in the United States Armed Forces, the nominee requires confirmation by the
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by majority vote. The chief of Army Reserve is nominated for appointment by the
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with the advice and/or recommendation of the
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and secretary of the Army, as well as a determination from the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: app ...
that the nominee has had significant joint duty experience. Until 1968, the office of the Chief of the Army Reserve was not set by statute due to concerns that institutionalizing a commander of Army reserve forces would separate it from the Regular Army, much like how the
Militia Act of 1903 The Militia Act of 1903 (), also known as the Efficiency in Militia Act of 1903 or the Dick Act, was legislation enacted by the United States Congress to create an early National Guard and which codified the circumstances under which the Guard cou ...
had rendered the early National Guard independent from the Regular Army. On 17 May 1968, Major General William J. Sutton was confirmed by the Senate in accordance with the passage of , thus making Sutton the first statutory Chief of Army Reserve. The CAR's rank was initially that of major in 1923, and was successively raised to colonel in 1924, to brigadier general in 1933 (making Charles D. Herron the first CAR to hold general officer rank), and to major general in 1950. The CAR's rank, alongside those of reserve leaders of other service branches, was raised to lieutenant general in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2001, making
Thomas J. Plewes Thomas Jeffrey Plewes (born December 15, 1940) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. He is a former chief of the United States Army Reserve, a position he held from May 25, 1998 to May 24, 2002. Raised in Zeeland, Michigan, Pl ...
, then chief of Army Reserve, the first to hold three-star rank. The statutory requirement for the CAR to hold the rank of lieutenant general was repealed in the 2017 NDAA, but the officeholder is still appointed to that rank. The CAR serves for a four-year term, which can be renewed once for a total of eight years.


List of officeholders


See also

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Office of the Chief of Army Reserve The Office of the Chief of Army Reserve (OCAR) is located at Fort Belvoir, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and provides the Chief of the United States Army Reserve, Chief of Army Reserve (CAR) with a staff of functional advisors who develop and execute A ...
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Chief of the National Guard Bureau The chief of the National Guard Bureau (CNGB) is the highest-ranking officer of the National Guard and the head of the National Guard Bureau. The position is a statutory office (), held by a federally recognized commissioned officer who has serv ...
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Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau The vice chief of the National Guard Bureau (VCNGB) is the second highest-ranking officer of the National Guard Bureau, which is a joint activity of the United States Department of Defense. The vice chief is also the second in charge of the Nation ...
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Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States A ...


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* * {{US military navbox United States Army Reserve United States Army organization *Chief of Reserve 1923 establishments in the United States