Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-153- An Operational Analysis of Cadre
Figure 2.1—Infantry BCT Structure
Rank
Personnel Percent
OFFICERS Lieutenant (O-1 and O-2) 129 3.7%
Captain (O-3) 113 3.3%
Major (O-4) 36 1.0%
Lieutenant Colonel (O-5) 9 0.3%
Colonel (O-6) 2 0.1%
Chief Warrant Officer 1 & 2 (CW1, CW2) 23 0.7%
Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) 5 0.1%
Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) 2 0.1%
Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5) 0 0.0%
ENLISTED Private (E-1 through E-3) 858 24.7%
Specialist / Corporal (E-4) 1124 32.4%
NCOs Sergeant (E-5) 609 17.6%
Staff Sergeant (E-6) 343 9.9%
Sergeant First Class (E-7) 160 4.6%
First / Master Sergeant (E-8) 44 1.3%
(Command) Sergeant Major (E-9) 12 0.3%
SUMMARY Total 3469 100.0%
57 percent of an infantry BCT is comprised of enlisted personnel in grades E-1
through E-4. In a cadre unit, personnel in these grades would not be retained in peacetime
because they can be filled with new recruits in wartime. Enlisted personnel in these grades
have, on average, two years of experience. Newly recruited enlisted personnel in cadre units
would have about the same experience profile by the time a cadre unit is ready to deploy.
Cadre units may or may not retain a full complement of officers and NCOs in other grades.
The following sections explore variations in the number of officers and NCOs retained in
cadre units and their relative costs.
2.1—RETAIN ALL OFFICERS AND NCOS
The structure of a cadre unit depends on which elements of a unit one thinks cannot
be procured in wartime. The most pessimistic assumption would be to assume that you