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-227- An Operational Analysis of Cadre
6. CONCLUSION
There are a myriad of different design alternatives for a cadre augmented force. Each
of these alternatives has an effect on cost and military risk. In this paper, we broke these
alternatives into two groups: peacetime and wartime. We further distinguished these groups
along a number of dimensions. This paper has presented the alternatives for each of these
dimensions and discussed the cost and risk implications of each. This chapter summarizes
the alternatives and assesses the overall results.
6.1—THE ALTERNATIVES
The design of a peacetime cadre unit has three dimensions: structure, organization,
and equipment. Table 6.1 defines each of these dimensions and presents the alternatives we
explored in this paper.
Table 6.1—Peacetime Cadre Alternatives
Dimension Definition Alternatives
Structure The number and grade profile of ♦ All officers and NCOs
personnel retained in a cadre unit ♦ Senior officers and NCOs
during peacetime.
♦ Increased promotions
♦ IRR activation
Organization
Equipment
The peacetime duties of the cadre
leaders and how they are organized
in the total force during peacetime.
The amount of equipment a cadre
unit maintains in peacetime.
♦ Increased promotions & IRR activation
♦ Separate cadre units
• Maintenance
• Domestic training
• Foreign army training
♦ Cadre within existing force structure
• AC units with surplus personnel
• RC units with surplus personnel
• Senior IRR
• TTHS
♦ Rotating cadre units
♦ Use existing officers
♦ Full equipment sets
♦ Rotational equipment sets
♦ Relying on the industrial base