Determining an Appropriate Force Sizing Paradigm for the U.S. Army

Abstract

The U.S. Army is too small to meet the security needs of our National Security Strategy. Our soldiers both active reserve and national guard are deployed around the globe doing our nation's bidding but are stretched to the breaking point. Does it take breaking the force to wake everyone up to the fact that we need more force structure and an increase in Army end- strength? Secretary Rumsfeld said in the Quadrennial Defense Review Report dated September 30 2001 This nation can afford to spend what is needed to determine the adversaries of tomorrow and to underpin our prosperity." This paper will posit answers to three questions that military force planners have been trying to answer for years. Firstly they must determine how much is enough to accomplish the missions required with minimal acceptable risk. Secondly they must determine where and how to posture the forces to accomplish the missions. Thirdly force planners have to gain the support of congress and the American people.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424184

Entities

People

  • Ricky D. Gibbs

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Army Personnel
  • Cold War
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Homeland Security
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Training
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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