Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-44- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
The magnitude of the cost savings and increases in military risk increase with the size of the
expansion.
2.2—CHANGING THE MIX OF THE FORCE
In the previous section, we assumed that the future army will be contain at least as
many AC and RC BCTs as there are in the 2011 force. The 2011 force contains 48 AC BCTs
and 28 RC BCTs. When used according to DoD rotation guidance, this force can sustain 19
continuously deployed BCTs. In this section, we calculate the cost savings from replacing AC
and RC BCTs in the 2011 force with cadre BCTs while maintaining the ability to sustain the
same number of deployed units. Figure 2.3 visually depicts how this analysis differs from the
previous section.
Figure 2.3—Changing the Force Mix
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60
50
+18 BCT Force
+9 BCT Force
2011 Force
AC BCTs
40
30
Replace AC/RC with Cadre
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10
0
15 20 25 30
RC BCTs
To alter the mix of the 2011 force, we must first determine how many AC and RC
units we could replace with cadre units. In order to do this, we must establish the minimum
number of AC and RC units required in the force. For the AC, we will size the active force
to meet the requirements of two simultaneous wars, which remains a key tenet of force