Accession Number:

ADA056087

Title:

Unit Training Costs as a Part of Life Cycle Cost: A Methodology.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Thompson,Grover Frank
• Allen,James Marion

Report Date:

1978-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

100.0

Abstract:

This paper examines the unit training costs, defined herein as company and battalion level training, associated with the introduction of a new weapon system into the Army inventory. The Army Life Cycle Cost Model does not address unit training costs, and accordingly there is a significant cost during the acquisition process that is not recognized. Recommendations are included for a means to arrive at life cycle cost figures that include unit training and also enable unit commanders to anticipate training requirements generated by new weapon systems. Author

Descriptors:

• *ARMY TRAINING
• *LIFE CYCLE COSTS
• *ANTITANK WEAPONS
• MILITARY RESERVES
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• TRAINING DEVICES
• BATTALION LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• THESES
• COMPANY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
• SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES
• ARMY BUDGETS

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Humanities and History
• Surface-Launched Guided Missiles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE