The U.S. Army at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Overcommitted and Underresourced

Abstract

The mismatch between strategy, resources, missions and manning, a result of this nation's security strategy of engagement, has had the greatest impact on the United States Army. Since 1989 the Army has been cut by more than 34 percent while undergoing a 300 percent increase in mission rates. Indeed, the Army has provided most of the forces used in the 35 major deployments in which it has participated since then. The average frequency of Army contingency deployments has increased from one every four years to one every 14 weeks. During the same period that the Army lost a third of its force structure, it also lost 21 percent of its infrastructure and 37 percent of its budget authority.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA385537

Entities

Organizations

  • Association of the United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Deployment
  • Force Structure
  • Land Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Psychological Operations
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.