Accession Number:

AD1031013

Title:

30 Brigade Combat Teams: Is the Army too Small

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States

Personal Author(s):

• Khan,Asfandyar

Report Date:

2016-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

57.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this thesis is to determine the impact of a contingency operation on Army dwell time. The Department of Defense DOD goal for the active Army is for every one year a unit is deployed, the unit gets two years at home. We use a simulation to model the number of times a Brigade Combat Team BCT deploys in support of a contingency operation over a specified period of time. This enables us to estimate the amount of time a unit was deployed and its dwell time. The results of the simulation show that the current force structure is not sufficient to sustain a prolonged contingency operation and support existing requirements. To meet the dwell time goal established by DOD, the Army must increase its capacity. In order to increase the number of BCTs, the Army will have to increase its end strength.

Descriptors:

• computer simulations
• combat operations
• afghanistan conflict
• iraqi war
• armored personnel carriers
• dwell time
• regression analysis
• active duty
• combat forces
• deployment
• international law
• military forces (united states)
• army personnel

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE