Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-126- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
Figure B.15—AC Stress Summary
The AC stress number in the top left of this spreadsheet calculates the average dwell
time for AC units in trimesters. The # Units row counts the total number of units deployed
from each time-step over the course of the war. The % Units row calculates the fraction of
units deployed from each time-step as percentage of all AC deployments. These statistics are
used in the body of the paper to compare stress on the AC for different force structures.
The graph shown in Figure B.16 is automatically produced by the assignment algorithm. It
summarizes the stress on the AC.
Figure B.16—AC Stress Graph
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% of AC Deployments
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# of Periods at Home Between Deployments
The second output that can be produced by the LWAM is the Time Phased
Deployment (TPD) graph. This graph shows how the LWAM assigned forces to meet the
requirement over a period of time specified by the user on the input screen. The TPD graph
colors blocks of deployed forces differently depending on the type of force (AC/RC) and
dwell time when deployed. This graph is intended to be consistent with the notional