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-219- An Operational Analysis of Cadre
Figure 5.3—BCT and OSUT Training Volumes by Site
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Ft. Benning Infantry OSUT
The other training sites show the same trends in volume as Fort Jackson with peaks
in the summer months. These peaks are likely near capacity for each of the respective
training sites since it is unlikely that the Army would maintain extra capacity beyond that
needed to train the maximum anticipated recruit volume. 147 Therefore, these sites likely also
have excess capacity only during the off-peak months. It is difficult the estimate the volume
of this excess capacity without an estimate of the capacity at each site. However, we have
already seen that the excess capacity at Fort Jackson is sufficient to train all of the new
recruits under the cadre mobilization assumption made in Paper I of this dissertation.
Additional excess capacity would only strengthen the argument that there is excess capacity
that can be utilized in the off-peak months.
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147 In 1996, the Government Accountability Office published a report outlining the opportunities available to
the army to reduce the cost of training infrastructure by reducing excess capacity [GAO (1996)]. It appears that
the Army has acted on these recommendations.