The U.S. Army is in the midst of an extensive overhaul
of the organization of its forces. Although designed to make the Army more efficient in combat
operations, the change to a "modular force" and the reallocation of functions between active and
reserve forces also meet some of the criteria that have long been argued as necessary to enable the
Army to better perform peacekeeping and related post-conflict operations, now generally referred
to as stabilization or stability operations. Over the years, a number of different proposals have been
advanced, some of which involve creating specialized forces that are dedicated, at least part time,
to preparing for and deploying to such missions. The Army has long rejected proposals for dedicated
peacekeeping forces as they would divert funds from combat resources and undermine the concept
of a general purpose, "full-spectrum" force. Alternate proposals for augmenting personnel for such
missions involve non-military options.