Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

-47- A Budgetary Analysis of Cadre
Table 2.1—Cost Savings from CadreMix Relative to 2011 Force
Force AC
BCTs
RC
BCTs
Cadre
BCTs
Deployed
BCTs
Average Long-
Run Cost Savings
Peacetime Cost
Savings
2011 48 28 0 19 - -
CadreMix 35 19 16 19 $11 billion $13 billion
As we did in the previous section, we assume that the DoD is willing to deploy some
AC units with less than two years at home while cadre units mobilize. Figure 2.4 compares
the percentage of all AC units deployed with less than two years at home between the 2011
force and the CadreMix force.
Figure 2.4—Comparison of AC Stress between 2011 and CadreMix Force
% of AC Deployments
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2011 CadreMix
17%
10%
6%
3%
0% 0%
12 16 or fewer 20 or fewer
Months at Home Between Deployments
The CadreMix force increases stress on the AC compared to the 2011 force. While
only three percent of AC units in the 2011 force are deployed with less than two years at
home, 17 percent of AC units in the CadreMix force are deployed with less than two years at
home. Additionally, the 2011 force deploys no unit with 16 or fewer months at home while
the CadreMix force deploys ten percent of units with 16 or fewer months at home and six
percent with 12 months at home between deployments. Again, compared to the stress
observed for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the additional stress from a cadre
augmented force is small. However, whether this additional stress would be acceptable is a