LEADER 03303oam 2200565zu 450 001 9910219971903321 005 20240417150440.0 010 $a0-8330-9001-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000413660 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001578435 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16254768 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001578435 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14842349 035 $a(PQKB)11403143 035 $a(oapen)doab115463 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000413660 100 $a20160829d2014 uh 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBalancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environment /$fPatrick Mills [et al.] 210 $cRAND Corporation$d2014 210 31$aSanta Monica, CA :$cRand Corporation ;$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 53 pages) $ccolor illustrations 225 0 $aResearch report Balancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environment 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 300 $a"The analysis was conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface 311 08$a0-8330-8208-6 327 $aIntroduction An Enterprise Approach to Determining ACS Manpower Current and Alternative ACS Manpower Mixes Additional Considerations for Shaping ACS Forces Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix 330 $a"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. 606 $aManpower planning$zUnited States 606 $aMilitary planning$zUnited States 615 0$aManpower planning 615 0$aMilitary planning 676 $a358.4/1610973 700 $aMills$b Patrick$f1975-$01242669 702 $aCostello$b Rachel 702 $aAusink$b John A. 702 $aAusink$b John A 702 $aDrew$b John G. 702 $aDrew$b John G 702 $aRomano$b Daniel M. 712 02$aProject Air Force (U.S.), 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219971903321 996 $aBalancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environment$92882661 997 $aUNINA