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Although the mix of active and reserve forces constituting the total Air Force has shifted during the last decades force drawdown, reductions have not been proportional and may not have taken into consideration effects on other components. This report sets forth a set of principles to help force planners and programmers recognize the implications for the cost, effectiveness, sustainability, and popular and political support of military forces. A framework is provided for integrating the range of considerations that decisionmakers face and for gaining perspective on the arguments voiced by interest groups who hope to influence the force mix. The authors find that cost considerations can cut in opposite directions depending on whether the force is being optimized for major theater war preparedness or for peacetime contingency operations.
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Principles for Determining the Air Force Active/reserve Mix
author
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Robbert, Albert A.; Williams, William A.; Cook, Cynthia R.
publisher
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RAND
isbn10 | asin
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083302762X
print isbn13
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9780833027627
ebook isbn13
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9780585247687
language
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English
subject
United States.--Air Force--Recruiting, enlistment, etc, United States.--Air Force--Reserves.
publication date
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1999
lcc
:
UG883.R63 1999eb
ddc
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358.4/137/0973
subject
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United States.--Air Force--Recruiting, enlistment, etc, United States.--Air Force--Reserves.
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Principles for Determining the Air Force Active/Reserve Mix
Albert A. Robbert William A. Williams Cynthia R. Cook
Prepared for the United States Air Force
Project AIR FORCE RAND
Approved for public release; distribution unlimited
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The research reported here was sponsored by the United States Air Force under Contract F49642-96-C-0001. Further information may be obtained from the Strategic Planning Division, Directorate of Plans, Hq USAF.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Robbert, Albert A. 1944 Principles for determining the Air Force active/reserve mix/ Albert A. Robbert, William A. Williams, Cynthia R. Cook. p. cm. "MR-1091-AE" Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 0-8330-2762-X 1. United States. Air ForceRecruiting, enlisting, etc. 2. United States. Air ForceReserves. I. Title. II. Williams, William A. 1952- III. Cook, Cynthia R. 1965 UG883.R63 1999 358.4'137'097321dc21 99-042520
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Preface
The mix of active and reserve forces constituting the total Air Force has shifted during the last decade's force drawdown. However, reductions across the active and reserve components of the total force have not been proportional. Moreover, decisions affecting one component may have been made independently of decisions affecting other components. Recent force reductions and transfers among components may not have been guided by a clear and accepted set of principles for determining an end-state force mix.
The shape and size of the force mix can have important implications for the cost, effectiveness, sustainability, and popular and political support of military forces. However, force planners and programmers may not be fully aware of these implications and may therefore make or advocate force-structuring decisions that do not optimally support national interests. This report assembles, examines, and rationalizes a set of principles to help force planners and programmers recognize these implications.
For the most part, fundamental principles applicable to contemporary active/reserve force questions have been hammered out in past policy deliberations. Our contribution was to assemble the principles in a coherent framework and to elicit a review and critique of the framework by current stakeholders and commentators. Toward that end, our research included a forum, held in May 1998, of leaders and thinkers from a number of military, civilian, academic, legislative, and interest-group organizations.
This research was undertaken for the Director of Strategic Planning, Headquarters United States Air Force. It responded to, and benefited
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from, interest on the part of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve advisors to the Director.
Project Air Force
Project AIR FORCE, a division of RAND, is the Air Force Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) for studies and analysis. It provides the Air Force with independent analysis of policy alternatives affecting the deployment, employment, combat readiness, and support of current and future air and space forces. Research is performed in four programs: Aerospace Force Development; Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management; and Strategy and Doctrine.
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