Planning for the Effects on Personnel Readiness of Increased OPTEMPO

Abstract

The effects of increased OPTEMPO on the readiness of a force and its personnel in particular are of critical importance to military leadership. The reason for this concern is the increased rate of utilization of our forces, in the form of increased deployments, during a time of significant drawdown of the U.S. military. Additionally, the nature of military operations has changed in recent years from a cold war stance to increased engagement across the full range of military operations. The tempo of personnel deployment has been considered an element of strategic planning since the end of the cold war. However, consideration of factors relating to stresses on operationally deployed personnel has not been similarly included in operational planning. This paper discusses the elements of unit and personnel readiness that are directly impacted by the tempo of military operations, and will identify planning process considerations that will aid operational commanders in assessing the overall unit and personnel readiness and subsequent relative combat power of assigned forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 23, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463688

Entities

People

  • John P. Lewis

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Cold War
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Operational Readiness
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • War Colleges

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  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies