| DOI: | 10.7249/RR417-1
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| 报告号: | RR-417-1-A
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| 报告题名: | Assessing the Army's Active-Reserve Component Force Mix |
| 作者: | Joshua Klimas; Richard E. Darilek; Caroline Baxter; James Dryden; Thomas F. Lippiatt; Laurie L. McDonald; J. Michael Polich; Jerry M. Sollinger; Stephen Watts
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| 出版者: | RAND Corporation
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| 出版年: | 2014
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| 发表日期: | 2014
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| 总页数: | 16
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| 国家: | 美国
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | Military Force Planning
; Rapid Force Deployment
; Military Mobilization
; Military Reserves
; Military Personnel
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| 英文摘要: | New defense strategic guidance and budget reductions as the United States draws down its forces in Afghanistan have led the Army to reassess how it balances the mix of forces between its active component (AC) and its two reserve components (RCs), the Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. Multiple factors should influence AC-RC force mix decisions, including the capabilities that AC and RC forces provide and their cost. This report describes analyses from an ongoing stream of RAND research on the Army's AC-RC force mix. It focuses on two critical aspects of capabilities and cost: (1) the time needed to make forces ready to deploy abroad in a crisis and (2) the costs of AC and RC forces to sustain the same level of deployed output for rotational missions. It finds that the factors that make RC units cost less than AC units, on average, can also make them less rapidly deployable in the event of unexpected contingencies — namely in terms of the amount of time personnel are available to train. The report also identifies the circumstances under which either AC or RC forces can sustain a given level of deployed output at a lower cost. Finally, it shows that differences in capabilities and cost depend of the type of unit. For example, many smaller support and logistics units tend to have an advantage in the RC, while some larger ground combat and aviation units have an advantage in the AC. Policymakers should consider both capability and cost as they weigh AC-RC force mix decisions. |
| URL: | http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR400/RR417-1/RAND_RR417-1.pdf
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| 资源类型: | 研究报告
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/27914
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
科学计划与规划
气候减缓与适应
气候变化事实与影响
气候变化与战略
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Joshua Klimas,Richard E. Darilek,Caroline Baxter,et al. Assessing the Army's Active-Reserve Component Force Mix. 2014-01-01.
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