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Increase Promotion (9 BCT) 20 % 19 %
Activate IRR (9 BCT) 24 % 23 %
Combination (9 BCT) 18 % 17 %
We can see from Table B.2 that our model slightly overestimates the cost of the
enlisted component of a cadre unit relative to CBO (2007b). This overestimation is very
small- one percent for each of the cadre forces examined here. This slight difference is likely
to occur for officers and warrant officers as well.
B.2—INTERGRATING PEACETIME DUTIES AND COST
After calculating the relative difference in cost between a cadre and AC unit, we
calculate the overall cost of the cadre unit by multiplying the relative cost as calculated in
Section B.1 by the percentage of the peacetime cost of the cadre leaders that are assigned to
the cadre unit. Assigning different peacetime duties to cadre leaders results in varying relative
cost estimates. For instance, a foreign training cadre unit might spend only 25 percent of its
time performing cadre duties in peacetime with the rest of its time spent on foreign training
missions. Therefore, we assign only 25 percent of the relative cost of the cadre leaders to the
cadre unit. We do this by multiplying the relative cost of the cadre unit by the percentage of
time the cadre is performing cadre duties. If a cadre unit with all officers and NCOs, which
costs 56 percent of an AC unit, was assigned foreign army training duties in peacetime with
only 25 percent of its time assigned to the cadre unit, the relative cost of the cadre unit falls
to 14 percent (0.25*0.56) of an AC unit. Chapter Three of this paper performs this
calculation for various combinations of peacetime structures and duties.