Substituting Reserve/Guard Units for Active-Duty Units to Reduce Costs: Five Examples

Abstract

This paper documents CBO's estimates of the long-run savings that would be realized by five illustrative substitutions of reserve/guard units for active-duty units. The estimates include military personnel costs and operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, including civilian personnel costs. The estimates are based on the fiscal year 1984 budget and assume that the cost relationships contained therein-for example, real O&M costs per active squadron of F-16 aircraft--remain constant in the future. Finally, the savings are calculated assuming that the Administration's force expansion planned for 1984-1988 is actually achieved. If this growth is constrained because of budgetary limits, then the savings projected in this paper would be reduced accordingly. There are many possible ways to limit the growth in active forces and substitute reserve/guard forces over the next five years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA528405

Entities

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air National Guard
  • Aircrafts
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Cost Estimates
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Force Structure
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • National Guard
  • Organizational Structure
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting