Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-17- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
FIGURES
Figure 1.1—Cadre Wartime Stages .................................................................................................23
Figure 1.2—Cadre Mobilization Timeline......................................................................................32
Figure 1.3—Overview of the Long War Assignment Model ......................................................34
Figure 2.1—Comparison of AC Stress between 2011 and +6 Cadre Force ..............................40
Figure 2.2—Comparison of AC Stress for Larger Expansions ..................................................43
Figure 2.3—Changing the Force Mix .............................................................................................44
Figure 2.4—Comparison of AC Stress between 2011 and CadreMix Force .............................47
Figure 2.5—Comparison of AC BCTs Available..........................................................................49
Figure 2.6—Comparison of AC BCTs Available with more than One Year at Home...........51
Figure 2.7—Relative Cost Savings from Cadre Forces................................................................53
Figure 3.1—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Cost Savings from Cadre Forces to Frequency
of Wars.........................................................................................................................................56
Figure 4.1—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Cost Savings from Cadre Forces to Peacetime
Cadre Cost ...................................................................................................................................60
Figure 4.2—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Cost Savings from Cadre/RC Tradeoff to
Peacetime RC Cost.....................................................................................................................61
Figure 5.1—Time Phased Deployment for Cadre Force Strictly Following Rotation
Guidance......................................................................................................................................64
Figure 5.2—AC Stress by Willingness to Break AC Rotation Guidance...................................68
Figure 6.1—Number of AC Units per Deployed BCT by Deployment Length and Dwell
Time..............................................................................................................................................74
Figure 6.2—Stress on the AC when RC is Rotated More Intensively .......................................77
Figure 7.1—Assumed Cadre Readiness Profile.............................................................................80
Figure 7.2—Sensitivity of RC BCTs Required in the CadreMix Force to Cadre Mobilization
Delay.............................................................................................................................................81
Figure 7.3—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Cadre Cost Savings from CadreMix Force to
Cadre Mobilization Delay..........................................................................................................82
Figure 7.4—Sensitivity of RC BCTs Required in CadreMix Force to Cadre Mobilization Rate
.......................................................................................................................................................84
Figure 7.5—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Cadre Cost Savings from CadreMix Force to
Cadre Mobilization Rate............................................................................................................85