The Army Reserve's 100th anniversary acknowledges our nation's enduring need for such a force, and it gives us an opportunity to recognize the contributions of hundreds of thousands of men and women who have sustained the organization for a century. Further, this anniversary recognizes that the force has changed during the past 100 years from a small reserve force of about 160 medical professionals into a much more capable force that provided all types of combatarms, combat-support (CS) and combat-service-support (CSS) capabilities to what it is today: a CS/CSS-focused operational, expeditionary and domestic force that is an essential piece of the Army.
What hasn't changed in 100 …