Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-135- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
Figure C.2—LWAM vs. SLAM Cost Comparisons
140%
120%
Cost Relative to 2011 Force
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
LWAM
SLAM
0%
2011
+ 6 Cadre
+ 9 AC
+ 9 Cadre
+ 18 AC
+ 18 Cadre
CadreMix
The average costs calculated by the RAND SLAM program are almost exactly equal
to those calculated by the LWAM for all of the forces examined in this paper.
The RAND SLAM program can also calculate stress on the AC. Figure C.3
compares the percentage of AC deployments from 16 and 20 months at home calculated by
the LWAM with those calculated by the RAND SLAM program. 145
Figure C.3—LWAM vs. SLAM Stress Comparisons
AC Units Deployed with 20 Months at Home
AC Units Deployed with 16 Months at Home
% AC Units Deployed
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
LWAM
SLAM
% AC Units Deployed
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
LWAM
SLAM
0%
0%
2011
+ 6 Cadre
+ 9 AC
+ 9 Cadre
+ 18 AC
+ 18 Cadre
CadreMix
2011
+ 6 Cadre
+ 9 AC
+ 9 Cadre
+ 18 AC
+ 18 Cadre
CadreMix
The number of units deployed with less than two years at home is much greater
when calculated with the RAND SLAM program than with the LWAM. There are two
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145 The qualitative results are similar for units deployed with 12 months at home.