Lieutenant General Jeffrey W. Talley is the 32nd Chief of Army Reserve (CAR) and 7th Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command (USARC). As the Commanding General, USARC, he reports directly to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) and commands all Army Reserve troop program units worldwide, with total end strength of 205,000 Soldiers and 12,600 civilians. As CAR, he is the principal staff adviser to the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff on all Army Reserve Affairs. He develops Army Reserve budgets, training programs and policy decisions; manages the Army Reserve troop program units, individual mobilization augmentees, and the active guard/reserve program; and serves as the appropriation director of all Army Reserve funds.