Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation
Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation
-10- Introduction is no longer valid if cadre units are used to fill slots in a rotation many years after the beginning of a conflict. V—DISSERTATION OUTLINE This introduction has asserted that limiting force mix decisions to only AC and RC units means that some units are maintained at an unnecessarily high level of readiness when planning for wars fought with rotation. Therefore, it is worth considering whether integrating lower readiness cadre units into the total force could reduce costs. This paper analyzes the possibility of replacing AC and RC Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) with cadre BCTs. 27 There are many issues to consider regarding cadre, including: • How much could cadre units reduce costs? What sacrifices must be made to achieve these cost savings? (budgetary) • How would cadre units work in practice? (operational) • Have cadre forces been considered before? (historical) This dissertation contains three separate papers, each one examining cadre units from one of these three perspectives: budgetary, operational, and historical. The first paper in this dissertation analyzes cadre units from a budgetary perspective. This paper calculates the effect of integrating cadre units into the total force on both cost and military risk. The paper begins by calculating changes in cost and military risk from augmenting the U.S. Army with cadre units under a baseline set of assumptions. A cadre augmented army is a force that includes AC, RC, and cadre units. This type of force does not completely eliminate any type of unit in favor of cadre units; it simply changes the mix of ____________ 27 This dissertation focuses on Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) because there is the most publicly available information about these units.
-11- Introduction forces. This is important to note since many previous cadre proposals advocated replacing all reserve forces with cadre forces. After calculating changes in cost and risk, the paper incrementally relaxes each of the key assumptions to show that cadre units offer significant cost savings even under pessimistic assumptions. The second paper in this dissertation analyzes cadre from an operational perspective. This paper discusses how cadre units would work in practice. This paper explores options for structuring, organizing, and equipping cadre units in peacetime as well as activating, manning, training, and demobilizing cadre units during wartime. The final paper in this dissertation analyzes cadre units from a historical perspective. Cadre units have been proposed many times throughout the history of the U.S. Army. These proposals were made for reasons different from those discussed in this dissertation. The final paper analyzes previous cadre proposals in the United States and discusses the similarities and differences of the cadre forces analyzed in this dissertation. Each of these papers stands by itself and contains its own table of contents and appendices. Together, the insights from these three papers provide a multi-perspective analysis of the tradeoffs involved in moving to a cadre augmented army.
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is no longer valid if cadre units are used to fill slots in a rotation many years after the<br />
beginning of a conflict.<br />
V—DISSERTATION OUTLINE<br />
This introduction has asserted that limiting force mix decisions to only AC and RC<br />
units means that some units are maintained at an unnecessarily high level of readiness when<br />
planning for wars fought with rotation. Therefore, it is worth considering whether<br />
integrating lower readiness cadre units into the total force could reduce costs. This paper<br />
analyzes the possibility of replacing AC and RC Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) with cadre<br />
BCTs. 27 There are many issues to consider regarding cadre, including:<br />
• How much could cadre units reduce costs? What sacrifices must be made to<br />
achieve these cost savings? (budgetary)<br />
• How would cadre units work in practice? (operational)<br />
• Have cadre forces been considered before? (historical)<br />
This dissertation contains three separate papers, each one examining cadre units from one of<br />
these three perspectives: budgetary, operational, and historical.<br />
The first paper in this dissertation analyzes cadre units from a budgetary perspective.<br />
This paper calculates the effect of integrating cadre units into the total force on both cost<br />
and military risk. The paper begins by calculating changes in cost and military risk from<br />
augmenting the U.S. <strong>Army</strong> with cadre units under a baseline set of assumptions. A cadre<br />
augmented army is a force that includes AC, RC, and cadre units. This type of force does not<br />
completely eliminate any type of unit in favor of cadre units; it simply changes the mix of<br />
____________<br />
27 This dissertation focuses on Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) because there is the most publicly available<br />
information about these units.
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