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-358- A Historical Analysis of Cadre
9.8.2—LMI Cadre Report
One of the most detailed reports released about cadre units was published in
February of 1991 by the Logistics Management Institute (LMI). 317 This report analyzed four
different cadre configurations. It explored the possibility of maintaining cadre leaders in the
AC or the RC for both “full structure” and “leadership” cadre divisions. The full structure
cadre division would “retain some of the critical leadership positions and some of the soldier
positions to facilitate realistic training and maintenance,” while the leadership cadre division
would “retain a large number of senior personnel of the division to preserve skills and
experience.” 318 The structure of the AC and RC versions of each of these cadre units was to
be the same, with the only difference being the status of the cadre leaders during peacetime.
Table 9.2 shows the manning levels and relative costs for each of the alternative cadre
configurations examined in the LMI report.
Table 9.2—Bailey (1991) Cadre Alternatives
Cadre Division Type Officers Enlisted % TOE % AC Cost
AC Full Structure 691 2,947 25% 31%
AC Leadership 319 420 1,366 12% 5%
RC Full Structure 691 2,947 25% 6%
RC Leadership 420 1,366 12% 4%
The LMI report concludes that cadre forces were worth considering but that the
choice of “cadre design and component should consider cadre performance along several
dimensions, weighing the design parameters of cost, flexibility, and time required against the
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317 Bailey (1991)
318 Bailey (1991), p. 13
319 Bailey (1991) assumes that the leaders of an AC Leadership unit are dual-hatted and that only 25 percent of
their cost is assigned to the cadre unit. See Paper II of this dissertation for a more in-depth discussion of dualhatted
cadre leaders and their cost.