Unit Manning
Abstract
The personnel system for the U.S. Army is undergoing a transformation from an Individual Replacement System (IRS) to a Unit Manning System (UMS). This UMS synchronizes arrivals and departures of soldiers, allowing the unit to use cohesion as a force multiplier. This work details the reasons for the personnel system transformation, the concepts developed, recommended and accepted that will be utilized to man Army units in the future, and the major policy impacts from these changes. In addition we have developed a scheduling model that synchronizes the efforts of Unit Manning, Unit Rotations, and Unit Set Fielding. This model is deterministically based and allows the user flexibility to assess the effects of increased tempo in terms of increasing worldwide deployments while undergoing transformation to the objective force and Stryker Brigades and simultaneously converting the personnel system. Each of these subject areas has a number of unknown parameters, and this model is adjustable to these parameters so that analysis can be done and the model updated as policies and effects become more defined. The model identifies friction points in unit availability requirements for strategic concerns while developing a feasible schedule with which to man Army units. The model is currently in use by the Army Staff in further analysis that will result in transitioning the Army not only to a UMS but in transitioning from a forward deployed force to a rotational support structure.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA419504
Entities
People
- David Sanders
- Michael Mcginnis
Organizations
- United States Military Academy