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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220108503321

Titolo

Stretched thin : Army forces for sustained operations / / Lynn E. Davis ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2005

ISBN

0-8330-4089-8

1-60129-020-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavisLynn E <1943-> (Lynn Etheridge)

Disciplina

355/.033273

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MG-362."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; The Problem: Intensive and Frequent OperationalDeployments; Analysis Strategy; Chapter Two - Employing the Active Component; Force Structure Available; Operational Requirements: Overseas Rotations; Results; Chapter Three - Employing Active and Reserve Components Together; Reserve Force Structure; Reserve Force Mobilization and Deployment; Varying RC Utilization Policies; Increasing the Supply of AC and RC Units; Changing Overseas Tour Lengths; Effects on Individuals' Time Away from Home

Chapter Four - Planning AlternativesLong-Term Policy Options; Near-Term Policy Adaptations; Chapter Five - Conclusions; The Challenge and Plans to Meet It; Varying Conditions for the Future; Appendix - Unit Types and Calculation Methods; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Describes the effects of deployments on the Army's ability to provide forces for other contingencies, to ensure that soldiers are trained, and to continue to recruit and retain soldiers. The authors found that Army plans for transformation and employing reserves fall short. Unless requirements recede, the nation faces an Army stretched thin.