Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-234- An Operational Analysis of Cadre
A.2—STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
Cadre units could also be Stryker BCTs. These units are also useful in counterinsurgency
operations. The overall grade structure of a Stryker BCT is similar to that of an
infantry BCT as shown in Figure A.2.
Figure A.2—Grade Structure of a Stryker BCT
Headquarters Engineer Military Signal Antiarmor Infantry RSTA FA Brigade Support Total Percent
Company Intelligence Company Company Batallions Squadron Batallion Batallion
OFFICERS Lieutenant (O-1 and O-2) 1 5 4 4 5 81 22 14 11 147 4%
Captain (O-3) 20 1 1 1 1 42 14 12 22 114 3%
Major (O-4) 14 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 7 31 1%
Lieutenant Colonel (O-5) 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 7 0%
Colonel (O-6) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
Total 38 6 5 5 6 132 39 29 41 301 8%
Chief Warrant Officer 1 & 2 (CW1, CW2) 7 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 21 1%
Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 0%
Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0%
Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CW5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Total 10 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 14 34 1%
ENLISTED Private (E-1 through E-3) 13 18 16 12 11 474 76 83 159 862 22%
Specialist / Corporal (E-4) 17 67 23 17 16 765 139 121 186 1351 34%
NCOs Sergeant (E-5) 11 24 16 13 14 474 117 60 132 861 22%
Staff Sergeant (E-6) 12 15 11 11 5 183 49 35 49 370 9%
Sergeant First Class (E-7) 16 5 3 5 3 66 23 16 28 165 4%
First / Master Sergeant (E-8) 4 1 1 1 1 12 5 7 7 39 1%
(Command) Sergeant Major (E-9) 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 1 13 0%
Total 76 130 70 59 50 1980 411 323 562 3661 92%
SUMMARY Total 124 136 79 66 56 2112 452 354 617 3996
% Officer & Warrant Officers (WO) 39% 4% 11% 11% 11% 6% 9% 9% 9% 8%
% Non-comissioned Officers (NCOs) 37% 33% 39% 45% 41% 35% 43% 34% 35% 36%
% Officer & WO & NCOs 76% 38% 51% 56% 52% 41% 52% 42% 44% 45%
A.3—HEAVY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
While it is unlikely that many cadre BCTs would be heavy BCTs because of the
nature of post-war operations, heavy BCTs have been deployed extensively to Iraq and
Afghanistan. Therefore, we also looked at the grade structure of a heavy BCT. We found
that the grade structure for a heavy BCT is also similar to that of infantry and Stryker BCTs
as shown in Figure A.3. The heavy BCT has a slightly higher percentage of officers and
NCOs than the other BCTs, but overall its grade structure is not significantly different.