Alternative Concepts for Organizing the Total Force

Abstract

This study describes organizational and personnel policy options that would increase the number and combat effectiveness of fully trained and readily mobilizable units that the U.S. could produce for any level of spending on Operations & Maintenance and Military Personnel. Some of these policies would help the Services produce more cohesive units. Other would organize retirees, members of the individual Ready Reserve, and active-duty personnel who are not assigned to operational units so that, in the event of an emergency, they could re-form the operational units in which they had served together. Still other policies would permit emergency recall of former-service personnel who would not be available unless current practices were changed. Last, the study describes ways of using members of the Selected Reserve to strengthen units formed via the policies just described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA235339

Entities

People

  • Eleanor Schwartz
  • John Tillson
  • Marshall Hoyler
  • Nepier Smith
  • Steven Canby

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.