 ARFORGEN process diagram
2010 Army Posture Statement, Addendum F, Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN)

ARFORGEN model concept development began in the summer of 2004 and received its final approval from the Army's senior leadership in early 2006.FORSCOM, Department of the Army AR 525-29 Military Operations, Army Force Generation, 14 Mar 2011 

In 2016 the Army force generation process ARFORGEN was sidelined because it relied mostly on the Active Army, in favor of the total force policy, which includes the Reserve and National Guard; in the new model, the total force could have fallen to 980,000 by 2018, subject to DoD's Defense Strategic Guidance to the Joint Staff.By 15 June 2017, the Department of the Army approved an increase in the Active Army's end-strength from 475,000 to 476,000.