Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-94- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
this dissertation. In Paper II, we explore different alternatives for structuring, organizing,
and equipping cadre units in peacetime and activating, filling out, training, and demobilizing
cadre units in wartime. We find that there are many alternatives, each of which can have a
significant effect on the cost savings and risk from a cadre augmented force. The results
from Paper II were used to inform many of the assumptions made in this paper. In Paper
III, we provide a historical context for a cadre augmented force. Cadre forces are not new to
U.S. Army force planning. Understanding the similarities and differences between the cadre
force proposed in this paper and those that have been proposed in the past is important
because there has always been significant opposition to cadre forces and anyone considering
these ideas must be aware of these issues. Taken together, these three papers provide a
broad perspective regarding the attractiveness of a cadre augmented force.