Army Guard & Reserve to "Rebalance"

1.2 million -- or 46 percent of the total military force -- are Guard or Reserve. Today, 178,000 are serving in some capacity in the global war on terror. But while the number is large, it represents only 35 percent of the Guard and Reserve—which means that 65 percent are not being used.

The Army Guard and Reserves are not out of people, but out of balance. So the Guard and Reserves are”rebalancing.” The Army is adding more military police and civil affairs personnel and converting other personnel, such as artillery, into more needed skill sets.