Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-19- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
TABLES
Table 1.1—Base Assumptions .........................................................................................................27
Table 2.1—Cost Savings from CadreMix Relative to 2011 Force...............................................47
Table 2.2—Cadre Force Structure Alternatives and Baselines....................................................48
Table 3.1—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Annual Savings from Cadre Forces to
Frequency of Wars .....................................................................................................................57
Table 5.1—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Annual Cost Savings from CadreMix Force to
Willingness of the DoD to Allow AC to Break Rotation Guidance ..................................67
Table 6.1—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Annual Savings from CadreMix Force to
Number of Units per Deployed BCT......................................................................................75
Table 6.2—Average Long-Run Cost Savings from RC for Cadre Tradeoff when RC is Used
More Intensively.........................................................................................................................76
Table 7.1—Sensitivity of Average Long-Run Cost Savings from Trading X RC BCTs for
Three Cadre BCTs to RC Post-Mobilization Training .........................................................87
Table A.1—Generic Unit Cost Equations .....................................................................................97
Table A.2—Rotation and Cost Parameters....................................................................................97
Table A.3—Fraction of Time Cadre Units Mobilized in Wartime.............................................98
Table A.4—Unit Cost Equations for +6 Cadre Force..................................................................99
Table A.5—Number of Units Per Deployed BCT.....................................................................104
Table A.6—Generic AC Stress Calculations................................................................................105
Table A.7—AC Stress Calculations for CadreMix Force............................................................106
Table B.1—Pre-War Distribution of AC Forces ........................................................................114
Table C.1—Pre-War Distribution of AC Forces ........................................................................132