Operational Research Support to the Army Sustainability Exercise

Abstract

The Army Sustainability Exercise (ASX) was conducted from 2-6 April 2001 in Montebello, Quebec. The aim of the ASX was to produce a blueprint for a sustainable (costs and activity levels) Army by 2004. A cost-benefit analysis was conducted using a software package called EQUITY(registered trademark) to assess the value of Army units against several predetermined criteria. The EQUITY outputs were force structure options for the Regular and Reserve Forces that maximised their value based on the participants' valuations. ASX syndicates then applied the operator knowledge and expertise using these EQUITY "solutions" as starting points to generate proposals for a sustainable Army. The effectiveness of these new force structures in meeting the demands for operational assets generated by the concurrent activation of the Force Planning Scenarios was assessed using the Scenario Operational Capability Risk Assessment Model (SOCRAM).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA640539

Entities

People

  • Barry Richards
  • Doug Hales
  • Jason Offiong

Organizations

  • Department of National Defence

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Employment
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Risk Analysis
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.