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Article: Answering the nation's call for 100 years.(THE ARMY RESERVE)(Medical Reserve Corps)
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- April 1, 2008
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Congress established the Army's first federal reserve force, the Medical Reserve Corps, on April 23, 1908. Since then, Reserve Soldiers have supported almost every war from World War I to the war on terror and countless national-emergency, disaster-relief, operational and expeditionary missions.
In June 1908 the first 160 medical professionals received Reserve commissions. The number grew to about 360 by 1909 and to 1,900 by 1916.
"The nation's leaders knew at that time that the medical population with the most up-to-date experience resided in the civilian sector," said Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve.
The concept of using ...