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

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (125 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.033273
• Altri autori: DavisLynn E <1943-> (Lynn Etheridge)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stretched thin
• ISBN: 0-8330-4089-8; 1-60129-020-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220108503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II