CAA'S Analysis of the Army Watercraft Restructuring Plan (CA4WRP)

Abstract

In 2001, the Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) completed the Army Watercraft Restructuring Plan (AWRP), recommending changes to the watercraft fleet's force structure. The Army G4, Force Projection and Distribution Directorate, requested that the Center for Army Analysis (CAA) analyze the negative aspects of the proposed changes in terms of personnel and training. CAA's Analysis of the AWRP (CA4WRP) analyzed Unit Status Report USR) data and utilized a discrete event simulation to model past and future activities in the fleet at various force structure levels. CA4WRP modeled demand deterministically (for planned operations) and stochastically (for unplanned operations, from historical data). The simulation attempts to meet demand with the given force structure. Output from the simulation includes tempo rates for units and training days lost to demand exceeding supply.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA411987

Entities

People

  • Robert Shearer

Organizations

  • Center for Army Analysis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Deployment
  • Education
  • Force Structure
  • Landing Craft
  • Military Training
  • Simulations
  • Training
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare
  • Watercraft

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.