Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-106- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
Wartime LWAM Data
(% of deployments)
Table A.7—AC Stress Calculations for CadreMix Force
Dwell Time
12 16 20 24+
18% 12% 22% 49%
Calculation 0.33*0.18 0.33*0.12 0.33*0.22 0.33*0.49 + 0.66
% Long Term
Deployments
6% 4% 7% 83%
We calculate long-term stress on the AC in the same manner for all other forces
analyzed in this paper.
A.5—CADRE COST SAVINGS RELATIVE TO BASELINE
In Section 2.4, we calculated the peacetime and average long-run cost savings from
cadre relative to the corresponding non-cadre forces that could sustain the same size
rotation. Figure A.2 shows how these calculations were performed.
Figure A.2—Relative Cadre Cost Savings Calculations
AC BCTs RC BCTs Cadre BCTs Peacetime Cost Average Long Run Cost
+6 48 28
Baseine Forces
0 $60 billion $62 billion
+9 51 28 0 $64 billion $65 billion
+18 60 28 0 $73 billion $74 billion
CadreMix 48 28 0 $60 billion $62 billion
+6 42 28
Cadre Forces
6 $55 billion $58 billion
+9 42 28 9 $56 billion $59 billion
+18 42 28 18 $57 billion $62 billion
CadreMix 35 19 16 $47 billion $51 billion
Difference
+6 -6 0 +6 -$5 billion -$4 billion
+9 -9 0 +9 -$8 billion -$6 billion
+18 -18 0 +18 -$16 billion -$12 billion
CadreMix -13 -9 +16 -$13 billion -$11 billion
Cadre Difference Relaitve to Baseline
+6 -13% 0% - 9% 6%
+9 -18% 0% - 12% 9%
+18 -30% 0% - 21% 16%
CadreMix -27% -32% - 22% 17%