Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-116- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
Figure B.7—Force Demand Datasheet
The force demand datasheet generates the demand for deployed forces in each
period up to the specified length of war. The first period in the force demand datasheet is
peacetime. For the demand shown here, we assume the peacetime requirement is zero.
Period two is the beginning of war. We assume that only AC forces can be deployed in the
first period so the model automatically specifies that the demand of 19 BCTs in period one
must be met by 100 percent AC forces. For periods three through thirty, the force demand
datasheet is populated with a demand of 19 BCTs in each period with no minimum
requirement for AC units. The demand generated by clicking 1. Create Datasheet for Demand
and Cadre Readiness is tailored to studying long wars. The user can input any demand in the
force demand datasheet and use the LWAM to simulate deployments.
The last column in the force demand datasheet is for cadre readiness. The user can
either enter cadre readiness directly into the force demand datasheet or click on the 2.
Generate Cadre button. This button generates the readiness of cadre specified on the LWAM
input screen. Figure B.8 shows the result of generating six cadre units beginning 36 months
after D-day at a rate of one BCT per trimester.