In turn, USARC itself reports to United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), where both are garrisoned in the same location at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC) mission is to provide trained and ready units and individuals to mobilize and deploy in support of the national military strategy.

USARC is responsible for all of the operational tasks involved in training, equipping, managing, supporting, mobilizing and retaining Soldiers under its command.

In 1967, Congress passed watershed legislation in the form of the Reserve Forces Bill of Rights and Vitalization Act.

Congress legally formalized this arrangement in November 1990 with passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991.

In the spring of 1990, building 906 at Fort Gillem served as the temporary headquarters for the planning group from which the USARC evolved.

The Shoulder sleeve insignia of USARC is described as "On a disc divided vertically blue and scarlet with a 1⁄8 inch (0.32 cm) yellow border, 3 inches (7.6 cm) in diameter overall, two white eagles' heads conjoined back to back, beaks yellow, eyes detailed black.

[4] The symbolism of blue and scarlet, with silver (white), represents the United States, while red stands for courage and sacrifice.

The dual responsibilities of citizenship and military service are denoted by the two sabers, and the integration of peaceful with soldierly vocations is represented by the tree on the shield.

The nature of these two-fold duties is further symbolized by the division and counter change of the shield, which also recalls the motto of the Command.