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Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

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-140- An Operational Analysis of <strong>Cadre</strong><br />

4.4 —Comparing <strong>Cadre</strong> Equipping Strategies...............................................................201<br />

5. Wartime <strong>Cadre</strong> Units.............................................................................................................203<br />

5.1 —Activation..................................................................................................................203<br />

5.1.1 —Activation Requiring Executive and Legislative Approval .......................204<br />

5.1.2 —Activation without Requiring Legislative Approval...................................204<br />

5.1.3 —Delays in Activation........................................................................................205<br />

5.2 —Filling Out <strong>Cadre</strong> Units ..........................................................................................206<br />

5.2.1 —Requirements ...................................................................................................206<br />

5.2.2 —Increasing End Strength.................................................................................207<br />

5.2.3 —Activating the Individual Ready Reserve.....................................................209<br />

5.2.4 —An Overmanned RC.......................................................................................212<br />

5.2.5 —Filling Risk........................................................................................................214<br />

5.3 —Training <strong>Cadre</strong> Units...............................................................................................215<br />

5.3.1 —Individual Training..........................................................................................216<br />

5.3.2 —Collective Training..........................................................................................222<br />

5.4 —Demobilizing <strong>Cadre</strong> Units......................................................................................223<br />

5.4.1 —Timing...............................................................................................................223<br />

5.4.2 —Reducing End-Strength..................................................................................224<br />

6. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................227<br />

6.1 —The Alternatives.......................................................................................................227<br />

6.2 —Assessment ...............................................................................................................230<br />

Appendix A —BCT Structure .......................................................................................................233<br />

A.1 —Infantry Brigade Combat Team............................................................................233<br />

A.2 —Stryker Brigade Combat Team .............................................................................234<br />

A.3 —Heavy Brigade Combat Team...............................................................................234<br />

A.4 —Summary ..................................................................................................................235<br />

Appendix B — The Peacetime Cost of a <strong>Cadre</strong> BCT................................................................237<br />

B.1 —<strong>Cadre</strong> Unit Relative Cost .......................................................................................237<br />

B.1.1 —Assuming Unit Costs are Proportional to Personnel Costs.....................237<br />

B.1.2 —Personnel Cost................................................................................................239<br />

B.1.3 —Validity of Relative Personnel Costs............................................................241<br />

B.2 —Intergrating Peacetime Duties and Cost..............................................................243<br />

Appendix C —Specifying <strong>Cadre</strong> Unit Structure Alternatives ...................................................245<br />

C.1 —Markov Promotion Model.....................................................................................245<br />

C.1.1 —Model Specification........................................................................................245<br />

C.1.2 —Calculating Effects of Increasing Promotion Rates ..................................252<br />

C.1.3 —Model Limitations ..........................................................................................253<br />

C.2 —Calculating IRR Officer/NCO Availability ........................................................254<br />

C.3 —Calculating Combined Structure...........................................................................256

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