Paramilitary Article Index : Current 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
 Latest
 News 		  Most
 Read 		  Most
 Commented		  Hot
 Topics

November 5, 2003

The United States Navy is reorganizing its force of 88,000 reservists. Two major changes are the expansion of the reserve SeaBees and the creation of a force of 12-20,000 reserve Masters-at-Arms (military police). This is in addition to the ongoing (since September 11, 2001) expansion of the active duty Masters-at-Arms force from 2,000 to 9,000. The reserve SeaBee force will be increased to 12,000 sailors. Training reserve sailors for these two expansion projects will take several years. But the navy sees the reserves as a good source of "surge" capability in the area of security and construction of new facilities (usually overseas.)