Der Vierjahres-Verteidigungsbericht und die Reserveteile.

The article discusses the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) undertaken by the United States Congress and examines its conclusions insofar as they related to the reserve components of the US armed forces. The author considers the first such review, released in 1997, and mentions that the purpose of the review is to assess the preparedness of the US army to meet new and changing challenges in the global field. Reductions in the size of the armed forces were a major aspect of the review over the past decade, but the 2010 report searches for ways of integrating the reserve units into the army's strategic outlook.