Army Program Balance: Desirable Attributes in a Joint Programmatic Environment.

Abstract

The classic paradigm for U.S. Army program balance (force structure, modernization, readiness and sustainment) is challenged in the post-Cold War environment. The Army's inability to show the direct linkages of its program to the National Strategy, and do the hard trade-offs necessary to balance their program choices within the joint operational context, hinders its ability to justify its resourcing choices. Accordingly, Army program balance could be defined within the conceptual framework of Strategy-to-Tasks Resource Management (STRM) methodology whereby the Army leadership gets a fuller understanding of the implications of its resource choices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308898

Entities

People

  • James A. Coggin

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Forward Areas
  • Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Resource Management
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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