Reconstitution: A Strategic Policy Assessment with Case Application of the Maritime Patrol Force.
Abstract
Reconstitution, a policy which comprised one of the four major pillars of the National Military Strategy in 1992, and one which has been omitted from the draft National Military Strategy due to be released in 1995, remains central to the United State's ability to credibly deter against, and fight, the next war. Furthermore, and most critically, the Department of Defense and U.S. national policy makers have not adequately addressed some of the most difficult tenets of reconstitution, and therefore find themselves embracing ever increasing risk regarding America's ability to reconstitute. The analysis of reconstitution includes an assessment of historical example, defense fiscal trends, philosophical foundations, defense resource allocation systems, and defense industrial base sensitivities. The Maritime Patrol Aviation warfare community of the United States Navy is used as a case study to examine and expose the effects of a reconstitution strategy implied, but not fully understood. An emphasis is placed on reconstitution as a potentially required process initiated for events short of war, and its relationship to gradual mobilization response.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 21, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA293165
Entities
People
- Richard D. Suttie
Organizations
- Naval War College