Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-124- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
incrementally looks for AC units to deploy until it reaches the minimum number of periods
at home for the AC specified by the user. If after deploying all AC units at home more than
the minimum, the requirement for deployed AC forces is still not met, then the algorithm
will redeploy AC units already deployed. If the requirement for deployed AC forces is still
not met, the model will display the error message shown in Figure B.13, which displays the
period in which the algorithm was unable to meet the requirement for AC forces.
Figure B.13—Failed Force Assignment Message
If the algorithm is able to meet the demand for AC forces in a given period, it will
move on to trying to meet the total requirement for deployed forces. Again, the algorithm
begins by deploying cadre and active units at home the longest. However, the algorithm
stops looking for AC units at home less than the threshold for RC deployments specified by
the user. When it reaches this threshold, the algorithm looks to see if there are any RC units
at home for the longest possible time (RCMaxH). 139 If there are fully rested RC units, the
model deploys as many units as needed. If the requirement for deployed forces is still not
met, the algorithm will return to deploying AC units at home for a period less than the RC
threshold, but more than the AC minimum. After deploying all AC units home more than
the minimum period of time, the algorithm will then redeploy AC units already deployed. If
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139 The model is hard-coded so that RC units are always deployed with a full cycle of rest between
deployments. Unlike the AC, which we are willing to stress to some extent, we assume that RC units must have
a full five years at home between deployments. The user can change the dwell time for RC units to explore the
sensitivity of the results to this assumption.