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-344- A Historical Analysis of Cadre service.” 253 The cadre force proposed in the Soviet Union was, in a sense, similar to the proposals of Calhoun and Upton, with the majority of the army’s combat power in cadre units. Although this report is one of the first to discuss cadre before the end of the Cold War, the author writes nothing about the applicability of the cadre concept to the United States. In what appears to be the first public mention of cadre units in the United States before the end of the Cold War, in late 1989 Assistant Secretary of Defense David Chu proposed exploring “in more depth” a “move to a higher proportion of cadre units … That is, we might try to retain primarily our highly skilled, extensively trained, experienced personnel.” 254 Since reducing the size of the force would require “forcing out” trained personnel, cadre units could retain experienced personnel as a hedge against the need to increase the size of the force in the future. In response to arguments that there would be enough time to create new units from scratch in future wars, Chu argued that the cadre approach “seems more logical” because “it is doubtful that, in the event of a contingency, we could simply ‘turn up’ the training dial and run the force at higher rates for a few months and have a well-trained and competent force.” 255 Chu’s major concern was a lack of experienced officers: “we cannot get a battalion commander overnight, and a ship captain cannot become competent and confident in the use of his vessel overnight. That takes years of training and experience.” 256 Although Chu recommended that cadre units are “a topic worthy of research,” he provided little further detail. He also commented that the “cadre solution is not a particularly popular idea in many quarters of the military, and it might be ____________ 253 Crow (1989), p. 1 254 Gotz and Brown (1989), p. 117 255 Gotz and Brown (1989), p. 117 256 Gotz and Brown (1989), p. 117
-345- A Historical Analysis of Cadre viewed skeptically by people outside the DoD who would argue that it favors retaining commissioned and senior noncommissioned officers at the expense of junior enlisted personnel.” 257 This is likely because individuals outside of the DoD would see cadre proposals coming from Army officers as being self-interested rather than in the best interest of the nation. 9.3—CBO (1990) The first detailed cadre proposal in the post-Cold War period was published in February 1990 by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). 258 The CBO report analyzed various alternatives for reducing the size of the military. At that time, the United States was negotiating reductions in the number of personnel deployed to Europe under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. To comply with the CFE treaty the United States would have to remove two Army divisions from Europe and possibly demobilize them. 259 Furthermore, CBO argued that the George H.W. Bush administration felt that “reduced military risk may permit the United States to make reductions in force larger than the minimum ones required by the treaties.” 260 The administration’s plan (as conceived of by CBO) would cut two AC divisions and three RC divisions. 261 In addition to analyzing the force reductions called for by the administration and the CFE treaty, CBO examined three ____________ 257 Gotz and Brown (1989), p. 117 258 CBO (1990) 259 CBO (1990), p. 4. At the time that CBO (1990) was published, it was assumed that the CFE treaty would require that the two divisions to be removed from Europe be demobilized. However, CBO (1990) notes that: “NATO’s proposed CFE treaty … may not require that all troops withdrawn from Europe be demobilized … Thus, it is possible that the United States could relocate some of its troops to stateside bases.” However, CBO argues that they assume the two divisions will be demobilized because “the Secretary of Defense … has said he would reduce U.S. forces once the treaty is in place.” [CBO(1990a), p. 4] 260 CBO (1990), p. 11 261 CBO (1990), p. 11
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