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-228- An Operational Analysis of Cadre In our analysis of cadre structures, we found that the cost of retaining cadre leaders during peacetime ranges from nine (assuming promotion increases and IRR activation) to 56 (all officers and NCOs) percent of an AC unit. As we explored different peacetime organizations, we found that the peacetime cost could be reduced significantly if cadre leaders are dual-hatted (foreign, domestic army training) or retained in non-training status (RC, senior IRR) during peacetime. We found that a senior IRR can reduce the peacetime cost of a cadre unit to as little as five percent of an AC unit. Equipment strategies also affect the relative cost of cadre units during peacetime. In our analysis of equipment alternatives, we found that full equipment sets are the most expensive alternative, but have the lowest risk. Relying on rotational equipment sets or the industrial base also reduces the relative cost of a cadre unit, but increases risk. However, the decrease in the annual cost of a cadre unit from different equipping strategies appears to be small compared to annual personnel and operations and maintenance costs. In wartime, cadre units must be activated, filled out, trained, and demobilized. Table 6.2 defines these dimensions and discusses the results of our analyses. Table 6.2—Wartime Cadre Concerns Dimension Definition Concerns Activation The length of time it takes from the ♦ Requires Congressional funding beginning of a war for cadre units ♦ Congress unlikely to make concessions to to be mobilized. allow for cadre mobilization without its Filling The source of personnel to fill out cadre units during wartime. approval ♦ Increasing end-strength • Annual increases in end-strength are double the increases required for 2007 force structure increase. Unlikely to achieve this in future wars. ♦ Activate IRR • Enough junior personnel in IRR to fill out +6 Cadre force in short-term and to augment recruiting for other forces.
-229- An Operational Analysis of Cadre Training Demobilization The ability to train additional personnel and units in wartime. The process by which cadre units are removed from service and returned to a peacetime state. • IRR activation is controversial. Significant changes would be needed to personnel policies. • Could reduce cost savings from smallest cadre augmented force by less than one percent. ♦ Offer RC bonuses • Could reduce cost savings from cadre augmented force by as much as 62 percent. • Would require significant changes to personnel policies. ♦ Individual Training System • Training performed either by unit cadre leaders or in existing training system during off-peak months. There is sufficient capacity for off-peak training. ♦ Collective Training • For wars fought with rotation, cadre units place no additional demand on the collective training system. ♦ Timing • Uncertainty. ♦ End-strength Decreases • Lower first term promotion and retention rates. • May also require separation incentives that could reduce cost savings from a cadre augmented force by as much as 15 percent. The activation process could be constrained by two factors: funding from Congress and declaration of war by the president. Delays in either of these would reduce the attractiveness of a cadre augmented force. 160 After being activated, cadre units can be filled out with junior personnel by increasing end-strength, activating the IRR, and/or offering bonuses to RC personnel to serve in cadre units. We found that increased recruiting alone is insufficient to fill out cadre units at the rate assumed in the first paper. The recruiting increases required by a cadre augmented force with a mobilization rate of three BCTs per ____________ 160 See Paper I for an analysis of the effect of cadre readiness on the attractiveness of a cadre augmented force.
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