The Component Requirements and Authorization Determination Study (COMRAD)

Abstract

The COMRAD Study sponsors requested CAA develop a methodology to make the Army force component allocation process more objective. The study developed, tested, and demonstrated a methodology for allocating force structure requirements into components (Active/Reserve) using the time-phased force requirements output of the Force Analysis Simulation of Theater Administrative and Logistic Support (FASTALS) Model as the principal input. The study identified key factors which impact on the component allocation process, e.g., unit availability, crisis response, forward presence, etc., and incorporated, where possible, those factors into the methodology. The methodology was tested using a microcomputer-based relational data base program and selected Total Army Analysis-2001 (TAA-Ol) parameters. Application of the methodology provides a potential starting point which can assist force integration officers during the resourcing phase of the TAA process. Active Component, Reserve Component, Reserves, Force requirements, AC/RC mix, Force resourcing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273258

Entities

People

  • Francis T. Julia Jr.

Organizations

  • Center for Army Analysis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Availability
  • Combat Support
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Defense Planning
  • Force Structure
  • National Guard
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Personal Computers
  • Relational Databases
  • Simulations
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.