Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation
Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation
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-1- Introduction Introduction This dissertation considers whether integrating a new type of unit into the U.S. Army could reduce costs without significantly increasing military risk. A new type of unit is now worth considering because the Department of Defense (DoD) recently changed its force planning guidance. The DoD shifted its focus from planning primarily for wars fought without rotation to planning for wars fought with rotation. In a force designed for use with rotation, some units are not needed as quickly as they were in a force designed for use without rotation. These units could be maintained at a lower level of readiness in peacetime and still be ready to deploy in the timeframe implied by rotation. 1 Maintaining these units at a lower level of readiness will reduce costs because there is a tradeoff between the peacetime cost and readiness of a unit. This paper explores whether integrating cadre units into the total force could reduce costs without significantly increasing military risk. Cadre units retain only leaders during peacetime and are brought to full strength only in wartime. The following sections discuss the implications of the recent shift in DoD planning and introduce a role for cadre units. I—A SHIFT TO PLANNING FOR ROTATION Since the end of World War II, the U.S. military has planned primarily to fight two major wars simultaneously. 2 During the Cold War, this meant planning for a global war fought in more than one theater. After the end of the Cold War, the DoD began sizing the ____________ 1 Throughout this dissertation, we define readiness as what Betts (1995) defines as operational readiness: “how soon an existing unit can reach peak capability for combat.” [Betts (1995), p. 40] 2 Hoehn and Ochmanek (2008) wrote: “Since 1950, when President Truman decided to fight to preserve the independence of South Korea, the United States has made it a policy to field sufficient military forces to deter — and defeat — large-scale aggression in two distinct parts of the globe more or less simultaneously.”
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NCO<br />
NGA<br />
NDA<br />
NTC<br />
ORC<br />
OSUT<br />
QDR<br />
RC<br />
ROTC<br />
RSO<br />
SOF<br />
SSB<br />
SSC<br />
TDA<br />
TIS<br />
TOE<br />
TPD<br />
TRADOC<br />
TTHS<br />
USATC<br />
VBA<br />
VSI<br />
Non-Commissioned Officer<br />
National Guard Association<br />
National Defense Act<br />
National Training Center<br />
Officers’ Reserve Corps<br />
One Station Unit Training<br />
Quadrennial Defense Review<br />
Reserve Component<br />
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps<br />
Ready-Standby Organization<br />
Special Operations Forces<br />
Special Separation Benefit<br />
Smaller-scale Contingency<br />
Table of Distribution and Allowances<br />
Time in Service<br />
Table of Organization and Equipment<br />
Time-Phased Deployment<br />
Training and Doctrine Command<br />
Trainees, Transients, Holdees, and Students<br />
United States <strong>Army</strong> Training Center<br />
Visual Basic for Applications<br />
Voluntary Separation Incentive
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