Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-133- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
Figure C.1—AC Stress Comparison for Expansions by Initial Distribution of Forces
6 Cadre BCT Expansion
9 Cadre BCT Expansion
10%
9%
15%
13%
% of AC Deployments
5%
2%
3%
6%
6%
Uniform
All Rested
% of AC Deployments
10%
5%
5%
5%
9%
Uniform
All Rested
0%
1%
12 16 or fewer 20 or fewer
0%
1%
0%
12 16 or fewer 20 or fewer
Months at Home Between Deployments
Months at Home Between Deployments
For the 18 cadre BCT expansion, the force is not capable of meeting the
requirements without deploying AC units with less than one year at home when forces are
distributed uniformly at the beginning of a war. Overall, we see that the initial distribution of
forces affects the results in different ways. In the six and nine cadre BCT expansions, having
the forces distributed uniformly at the beginning of the war reduces stress on the AC relative
to having all units at home for more than two years. One possible reason for this is that
having the forces uniformly distributed allows the assignment algorithm to smooth
deployments rather than assigning large blocks of forces at once, which could lead to high
stress on the AC. However, in the 18 BCT case, we find that having the force distributed
uniformly at the beginning of the war prevents the assignment algorithm from reaching a
feasible solution.
C.1.2—Changing the Mix of Force with Cadre
Changing to a uniform initial distribution of forces does not affect the stress on the
AC for the 2011 force. Changing to a uniform initial distribution for the CadreMix causes the
assignment algorithm to be infeasible. Although assuming a uniform distribution has no