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Show Plans Call For Reorganization of Army Rescue Plans to reorganize the United States Army Reserve along lines of the "Pentomic" concept of the Regular Army are being implemented imple-mented in the Sixth U S. Army area, which includes Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Washing-ton, Nevada, California and Arizona. Ari-zona. The announcement was made in San Francisco by Lt. Gen. Charles D. Palmer, Commanding Genreal, Sixth U. S. Army. The change, which must be completed complet-ed by Dec. 31, 1960 will make the Reserve organization identical to that of the Regular Army. It was explained by General Palmer that if Army Reserve units are to replace, reinforce, or relieve active Army units, it follows quite logically that their organization must be identical. The planned reorganization affects af-fects everyone in the Reserve, although many individual assignments as-signments will remain unchanged and many units will retain their fundamental missions and basic organizations. As missions, weapons, and tactics tac-tics change, many members of the Army Ready Reserve will find themselves taking on new duties, preparing to assume new responsibilities, becoming proficient pro-ficient in new military occupational occupa-tional specialties or filling new assginments. In the Tenth U. S. Army Corps (Reserve) five state area, this will affect 296 units, including 30 in Idaho, 40 in Montana, 55 in Oregon and in Clark Washington, Wash-ington, 57 in Utah and 114 in the balance of Washington, Maj. Gen. Francis Day, Tenth Corps commander, stated in Seattle. He said that details of the plan as they affect individual units will be anounced later. |