AURA Applications: Division-Level Transportation and Selected Spares Issues
Abstract
Readiness and sustainability issues are assuming an ever greater importance in defense planning and budgeting. Dealing with these issues requires the development of new methodologies for examining the relationship of resources to readiness and sustainability. This study is intended to contribute to a better understanding of that relationship and to the broader questions of readiness and sustainability confronting the Department of Defense. It is not intended as a cost-effectiveness study recommending specific policies. The AURA (Army Unit Readiness/Sustainability Assessor) simulation can be used to assess the effect of resources on the mission-generation capabilities of combined arms units. AURA is an adaptation of the TSAR model developed by D. E. Emerson of The Rand Corporation under Project AIR FORCE sponsorship. This report describes several applications of AURA. One is the measurement of the readiness and sustainability of a combined arms brigade supported by two artillery battalions, in which explicit consideration is given to the ability of the division and the brigade to move ammunition and petrol. A second application is an investigation of the potential of increased stocks of certain DX (Direct eXchange) items to increase sustainability; and a third is an examination of the effects of augmenting unit PLLs (Prescribed Load Lists) with certain mandatory spares. The simulations reported here use the most developed AURA data base for combined arms units; the same data base could be used for a variety of additional studies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA596079
Entities
People
- Milton Kamins
- Robert Shishko
Organizations
- RAND Corporation