| Chief of the United States Army Reserve | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the U.S. Army Reserve | |
 Flag of the U.S. Army Reserve | |
| Office of the Chief of Army Reserve Army Staff | |
| Type | Reserve component commander |
| Abbreviation | CAR |
| Member of | Reserve Forces Policy Board |
| Reports to | Secretary of the Army (as Chief of Army Reserve) Chief of Staff of the United States Army (as Chief of Army Reserve) Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command (as Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command) |
| Seat | Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, Fort Liberty, North Carolina |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | 4 years Renewable |
| Constituting instrument | 10 U.S.C. § 7038 |
| Formation | 12 June 1923 |
| First holder | MAJ Charles F. Thompson (as Chief of Reserve Section, G-2) MG Frederick M. Warren (as Chief of Army Reserve) |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief of Army Reserve |
| Website | www.usar.army.mil |
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The Chief of the United States Army Reserve (CAR)[1] is the commanding officer of the United States Army Reserve, the reserve component of the United States Army. As the highest-ranking officer in the United States Army Reserve, the CAR[2] 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.[3] Dual-hatted as Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command, the CAR is also responsible to the Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command for the oversight of operationally-deployed Army Reserve forces.[4]
By statute, the CAR is a member of the Army Staff,[5] as well as one of five Army Reserve members of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.[6] The CAR is also designated by statute as the executive agent for the Full Time Support Program, a personnel program under the Department of Defense. The Chief's headquarters is the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, housed at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.
The 33rd and current Chief of the Army Reserve is Lieutenant General Jody J. Daniels, the first woman to lead the Army Reserve as well as an Army service component command.[7][8]
- ^ "Appendix C - Military and Army Acronyms, Abbreviations and Terms" (PDF). University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ This does not include the director of the Army National Guard, who also reports to the chief of the National Guard Bureau and secretary of the Army for Army National Guard matters.
- ^ 10 U.S.C. § 7038 - Office of Army Reserve: appointment of Chief.
- ^ "WHO WE ARE-U.S. Army Reserve Command". U.S. Army Reserve Command.
- ^ 10 U.S.C. § 7031 - The Army Staff: function; composition.
- ^ 10 U.S.C. § 10302 - Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee.
- ^ "Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels assumes command of U.S. Army Reserve". U.S. Army Reserve. Fort Bragg, NC. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Rempfer, Kyle (28 July 2020). "First woman to lead Army Reserve assumes command". Army Times. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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