Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-139- An Operational Analysis of Cadre
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Figures ...............................................................................................................................................141
Tables.................................................................................................................................................143
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................145
1.1 —Peacetime Concerns................................................................................................146
1.2 —Wartime Concerns...................................................................................................147
1.3 —Outline ......................................................................................................................149
2. Peacetime Cadre Unit Structure ..........................................................................................151
2.1 —Retain All Officers and NCOs ..............................................................................153
2.2 —Retain All Senior Officers and NCOs..................................................................155
2.3 —Increase Promotion Rates ......................................................................................156
2.3.1 —Officers.............................................................................................................156
2.3.2 —Enlisted Personnel ..........................................................................................159
2.3.3 —Structure and Cost...........................................................................................160
2.4 —Activate the Individual Ready Reserve.................................................................162
2.5 —A Combination ........................................................................................................164
2.6 —Cadre Structure Summary ......................................................................................165
3. Peacetime Cadre Organization ............................................................................................167
3.1 —Separate Cadre Units...............................................................................................168
3.1.1 —Maintenance Cadre Units...............................................................................169
3.1.2 —Domestic Training Cadre Units ....................................................................172
3.1.3 —Foreign Training Cadre Units........................................................................174
3.2 —Cadre within Existing force Structure ..................................................................176
3.2.1 —AC Units with Surplus Personnel (AC+) ....................................................176
3.2.2 —RC Units with Surplus Personnel (RC+).....................................................178
3.2.3 —Senior Individual Ready Reserve...................................................................179
3.2.4 —TTHS Cadre Units..........................................................................................180
3.3 —Rotating Cadre Units...............................................................................................182
3.3.1 —The Ready-Standby Organization.................................................................182
3.3.2 —An ARFORGEN Rotational Cadre Force..................................................184
3.4 —Comparing Peactime Organizations.....................................................................186
3.4.1 —Cost Assigned to Cadre Units .......................................................................186
3.4.2 —Tradeoffs ..........................................................................................................187
3.5 —Use of Existing Leaders..........................................................................................189
4. Equipping Cadre Units .........................................................................................................191
4.1 —Full Equipment Sets................................................................................................192
4.1.1 —Cadre Maintained ............................................................................................192
4.1.2 —Contractor Maintained in Humidity Controlled Storage...........................193
4.1.3 —Costs and Risks................................................................................................195
4.2 —Rotational Equipment Sets ....................................................................................195
4.3 —Relying on the Industrial Base...............................................................................198