- Title
A review of the Army's modular force structure / Stuart E. Johnson ... [et al.].
- Imprint
Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, c2012.
- Author
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
- Date
01-01-2012
- Physical description
xvi, 57 p. ; 28 cm.
- Edition
- Item
355.3 f REV (Copy 1) MAIN-FOLIO 295016 INLIBRARY
WEB (Copy 1) INTRANET 380810-2001 ONLINE
- URL
- Frequency
- Latest issue
- Minor subject
- Enrichment
- Notes
"National Defense Research Institute."
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Includes bibliography.
- Key item
- ISBN
9780833051301
- ISSN
- Abstract
- Contents
Contents note continued: Overall Assessment -- ch. Four The Ability to Manage the Flexibility and Versatility of Army Forces Across the Range of Military Operations -- Framing the Issue -- Analyzing the Army's Capability to Support Joint Operations -- The Army's Major Operational Themes -- Performance of the Division-Centric Force Structure -- Performance of Today's Force Structure -- Assessing Flexibility and Responsiveness -- ch. Five Risk Associated with the Current Force Structure -- Framing the Issue -- The Problem -- Manifestations of Risk -- Evaluating the Risk -- Former BCT Commander Interviews -- Analysis of Strategic Risk -- Analysis of Operational Risk -- Analysis of Tactical Risk -- ch. Six The Required and Planned End Strength of the Army -- Framing the Issue -- The Problem -- The Army Response to Increased Demand for Forces -- Increasing the Active Operating Strength -- Securing an Increase in End Strength --Contents note continued: Seeking More Combat Effectiveness Within a Given End Strength -- Configuring the Structure to Be Compatible with the Arforgen Process -- Other Issues Affecting Staffing Capabilities.ch. One Introduction -- Study Approach -- The Army's Capability to Contribute Land Power in Joint Operations -- Options for Managing the Flexibility and Versatility of Army Forces Across the Range of Military Operations -- Tactical, Operational, and Strategic Risks Associated with Brigade Combat Teams, Multifunctional Support Brigades, and Functional Brigades -- Required and Planned End Strength of the Modular Force -- Additional Considerations -- Data Sources -- Methods of Inquiry -- ch. Two The Impetus for Modularity -- The Modular Force and Today's Operational Concepts -- Other Key Assumptions -- Conclusions -- ch. Three Determining the Army's Operational Capability to Contribute Land Power to Joint Operations -- Framing the Issue -- The Problem -- A Change in the Demand Signal -- Addressing the Change in Demand -- Rebalancing the Reserve and Growing the Force -- Redesigning Brigades as BCTs -- Resourcing the Joint Fight --
- LCN
380810
- Item ID
295016
380810-2001
- Database
Library Catalogue