The Army in a Changing World

Abstract

This report is about the Army's future and the role an organizational vision for the Army can play in that future. The authors suggest that for an Army that wishes to adapt to the changing national security planning environment, the key element is the Army's vision of itself. While the Army's essential institutional planning problem over the past 40 years has largely been one of managing budget, personnel, and technological resources, the problem for the future may involve reconceiving the Army to meet new threats to the nation's security or to minimize institutional damage. If the authors' projections of planning trends materialize, this current vision puts the Army on a collision course with what is perceived as its post-Cold War future. A fundamental choice may have to be made between the Army's current combat role and its former historical role as a provider of noncombat military services to the nation. Of the eight alternative visions of the Army that the authors pose, they believe the most relevant and realistic ones call for a U.S.-based Army performing general military service that may rely on either active or reserve forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA236854

Entities

People

  • Carl H. Builder
  • John K. Setear
  • M. D. Baccus
  • Wayne Madewell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Army Personnel
  • Central Europe
  • Commerce
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.