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-154- An Operational Analysis of Cadre
could find no new officers or NCOs during wartime to assign to cadre units. 8 In terms of
grades, this would mean retaining all officers (O-1 and above) and NCOs (E-5 and above).
Figure 2.2 shows the structure of this type of cadre BCT.
Figure 2.2—All Officers and NCOs Cadre BCT
AC BCT % Retain Cadre BCT
OFFICERS Lieutenant (O-1 and O-2) 129 100% 129
Captain (O-3) 113 100% 113
Major (O-4) 36 100% 36
Lieutenant Colonel (O-5) 9 100% 9
Colonel (O-6) 2 100% 2
Chief Warrant Officer 1 & 2 (CW1, CW2) 23 100% 23
Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) 5 100% 5
Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) 2 100% 2
Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5) 0 100% 0
ENLISTED Private (E-1 through E-3) 858 0% 0
Specialist / Corporal (E-4) 1124 0% 0
NCOs Sergeant (E-5) 609 100% 609
Staff Sergeant (E-6) 343 100% 343
Sergeant First Class (E-7) 160 100% 160
First / Master Sergeant (E-8) 44 100% 44
(Command) Sergeant Major (E-9) 12 100% 12
SUMMARY Total 3469 43% 1487
A cadre BCT retaining all officers and NCOs during peacetime would have 1,487
personnel, which is about 43 percent of the wartime strength of the unit. If cadre leaders are
retained on active duty and all costs of retaining these leaders are assigned to the cadre unit
during peacetime, this type of unit would cost 56 percent of an AC unit during peacetime. 9
This estimate is based on the assumption that the full cost of the peacetime cadre is assigned
to the cadre unit and that all cadre leaders would be retained on active duty during
peacetime. This would only be the case for some types of cadre units discussed in Chapter
Three. When cadre leaders are assigned other peacetime duties such as training, their entire
cost is not fully assigned to the cadre unit and their peacetime cost could be significantly
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8 We begin with this pessimistic case to motivate the development of other alternatives. It is unlikely that all
officers and NCOs would be retained because some officers could be recruited, activated from the IRR, or
promoted more rapidly in wartime.
9 Cost calculations are explained in Appendix B.