03303oam 2200565zu 450 991021997190332120240417150440.00-8330-9001-1(CKB)3710000000413660(SSID)ssj0001578435(PQKBManifestationID)16254768(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001578435(PQKBWorkID)14842349(PQKB)11403143(oapen)doab115463(EXLCZ)99371000000041366020160829d2014 uh 0engurmn|---annantxtccrBalancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environment /Patrick Mills [et al.]RAND Corporation2014Santa Monica, CA :Rand Corporation ;20141 online resource (xiii, 53 pages) color illustrationsResearch report Balancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environmentBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph"The analysis was conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface0-8330-8208-6 Introduction An Enterprise Approach to Determining ACS Manpower Current and Alternative ACS Manpower Mixes Additional Considerations for Shaping ACS Forces Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix"The U.S. Air Force's (USAF's) current approach to sizing and shaping non-maintenance agile combat support (ACS) manpower often results in a discrepancy between the supply of ACS forces and operational demands because much of ACS is sized and shaped to meet the requirements of home-station installation operations, not expeditionary operations. This report proposes a more enterprise-oriented approach to measuring ACS manpower requirements by synthesizing combatant commander operational plans, Defense Planning Scenarios, functional area deployment rules, and subject-matter expert input. Using these new expeditionary metrics to assess the capacity of the current ACS manpower mix to support expeditionary operations, this report finds that there are imbalances among its career fields relative to expeditionary demands. To address these imbalances, it develops and assesses several rebalanced manpower mixes and finds that the USAF can achieve more expeditionary ACS capacity than it currently has by realigning manpower, and it can realize substantial savings by reducing end strength and substituting civilian billets for military billets."--Abstract on web page.Manpower planningUnited StatesMilitary planningUnited StatesManpower planningMilitary planning358.4/1610973Mills Patrick1975-1242669Costello RachelAusink John A.Ausink John ADrew John G.Drew John GRomano Daniel M.Project Air Force (U.S.),PQKBBOOK9910219971903321Balancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environment2882661UNINA