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lower. When cadre leaders are retained in the reserve, their cost would also be significantly
lower. Nonetheless, Paper I shows that even at 56 percent, a cadre augmented force still
significantly reduces annual costs.
2.2—RETAIN ALL SENIOR OFFICERS AND NCOS
In a 1990 report, CBO envisioned that cadre divisions would retain “on active duty
about 3,000 senior non-commissioned officers (paygrades E-6 and above) and officers
(paygrades O-2 and above) for each division.” 10 Figure 2.3 depicts a cadre BCT that retains
all senior officers and NCOs as defined by CBO. 11
Figure 2.3—Senior Officers and NCOs Cadre BCT
AC BCT % Retain Cadre BCT
OFFICERS Lieutenant (O-1 and O-2) 129 50% 65
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 0% 0
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 23% 814
A cadre BCT retaining all senior officers and NCOs during peacetime would have
814 personnel assigned during peacetime, which is about 23 percent of wartime strength. If
all the costs of retaining cadre leaders were assigned to the cadre unit during peacetime, this
type of unit would cost 37 percent of an AC unit during peacetime. This cost is significantly
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10 CBO (1990), emphasis added. The 3,000 personnel proposed by CBO are not all senior officers and NCOs.
11 The data from U.S. Army Armor Center (2005) does not distinguish between O-1 and O-2 so we assume
that half of the officers in the O-1/O-2 category are O-1s and half are O-2s.