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-127- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
deployment graphs contained in this paper. The user can create a TPD graph by clicking on
the 5. TPD Graph button on the input screen. Figure B.17 shows the TPD for the +6 Cadre
force examined in Chapter Two.
Figure B.17—Time Phased Deployment Graph
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15
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AC (1:2)
AC (1:1.7)
AC (1:1.3)
AC (1:1)
Cadre
RC (1:5)
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Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8
B.2—THE CADRE FORCE OPTIMIZER
The previous section showed how to use the LWAM to simulate the deployment of
forces over time. The Cadre Force Optimizer is designed to use the results from the
simulated deployments to find the smallest cadre augmented force possible under a given set
of assumptions. The Cadre Force Optimizer requires all the same inputs discussed in the
previous section. The key inputs to the Cadre Force Optimizer are the number of AC and
cadre units in the force. The optimizer will take the number of AC and cadre units as given
and find the smallest possible RC force that can meet the requirement for deployed forces in
every period.
The Cadre Force Optimizer begins with the smallest possible RC force that can
sustain rotation over the long term. For instance for a force with 35 AC BCTs and 16 cadre
BCTs, the smallest number of RC BCTs that could help sustain a requirement of 19 BCTs is
19 BCTs. Therefore, the optimizer will start with a force with 35 AC, 19 RC, and 16 cadre