Arroyo Center Publications - 2010

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Technical Reports

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  A Funding Allocation Methodology for War Reserve Secondary Items 2010

  Kenneth J. Girardini, Carol E. Fan, Candice Miller

  Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) is designed to relieve the initial strain on the supply chain by reducing early airlift requirements and by meeting contingency demands. War reserve secondary items (WRSI) make up the sustainment stock portion of APS. This report describes the methodology used to develop resource allocation and forward positioning recommendations for prioritizing item-level spending on WRSI for a northeast Asia scenario.

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  Security Cooperation Organizations in the Country Team: Options for Success 2010

  Terrence K. Kelly, Jefferson P. Marquis, Cathryn Quantic Thurston, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Charlotte Lynch

  Security assistance and security cooperation are interrelated missions that rely on military staffs in U.S. embassies in partner countries. In countries threatened by insecurity or instability, actions may be required that are not easily accomplished under current systems. This report examines three options for improving current approaches to security assistance and cooperation. They range from changes in current practices to options requiring new policies, procedures, organizations, or authorities.

Occasional Papers

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  Military Capabilities for Hybrid War: Insights from the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon and Gaza 2010

  David E. Johnson

  The Israel Defense Forces have gained much experience against hybrid opponents — Hezbollah and Hamas — in recent conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza. The lessons from these experiences are relevant to understanding the capabilities the U.S. Army and the joint force will require in the future. Principal findings highlight the importance of combined arms fire and maneuver; precision, standoff fires; responsive air and artillery support; and heavy forces.

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  Observations on Recent Trends in Armored Forces 2010

  David E. Johnson, John Gordon IV

  This paper provides initial research observations on how various militaries view the role of heavy forces (tanks and other armored vehicles) in irregular warfare (IW) and hybrid warfare environments. The research to date reveals a widespread belief that there is a role in IW and hybrid warfare for heavy forces, including tanks, as they reduce operational risk, minimize friendly casualties, and provide an intimidation factor against adversaries.

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  Use of the C-27J Fixed-Wing Aircraft for Conducting Army Mission Critical, Time Sensitive Missions in Counterinsurgency Operations 2010

  Kenneth Horn, Elvira N. Loredo, Steven Cram, Lewis Jamison, Christopher F. McLaren, William Phillips, Jeffrey Sullivan

  The C-27J Spartan is a reasonable replacement for the C-23 Sherpa aircraft that now transport mission critical, time sensitive (MCTS) cargo and passengers to brigade combat teams in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army's direct support approach for moving MCTS shipments using its organic aircraft is inherently more responsive than that of the Air Force, but both services should be able to improve the responsiveness of delivering MCTS shipments.

Monographs

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  Assessment of the USCENTCOM Medical Distribution Structure 2010

  William Welser IV, Keenan D. Yoho, Marc Robbins, Eric Peltz, Ben D. Van Roo, Adam C. Resnick, Ronald E. Harper

  This study examined whether there is a less costly medical distribution structure for U.S. Central Command that would maintain or improve performance. The assessment considered five options, evaluating each one's likely performance and cost implications as well as any effects on activities not related to distribution. Three of the options were found to preserve or improve performance while maintaining or lowering costs.

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  Developing an Army Strategy for Building Partner Capacity for Stability Operations 2010

  Jefferson P. Marquis, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Justin Beck, Derek Eaton, Scott Hiromoto, David R. Howell, Janet Lewis, Charlotte Lynch, Michael J. Neumann, Cathryn Quantic Thurston

  The U.S. government is facing the dual challenge of building its own interagency capacity for conducting stability operations while simultaneously building partner capacity (BPC) for stability operations. This study finds that although BPC and stability operations are receiving a good deal of attention in official strategy and planning documents, insufficient attention is being paid to the details of an integrated strategy.

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  Enhancing Army Joint Force Headquarters Capabilities 2010

  Timothy M. Bonds, Myron Hura, Thomas Young

  The research in this document is aimed at helping the Army improve its ability to command and control joint, interagency, and multinational forces to accomplish diverse missions in a range of settings. A particular emphasis was placed on suggesting innovative ways to prepare Army headquarters, including Divisions, Corps, and Theater Armies, to perform as components of, or headquarters for, joint task forces.

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  Harnessing Full Value from the DoD Serum Repository and the Defense Medical Surveillance System 2010

  Melinda Moore, Elisa Eiseman, Gail Fisher, Stuart S. Olmsted, Preethi R. Sama, John A. Zambrano

  The Army manages the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR) of over 43 million serum samples and the associated Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) database, whose primary use is for military health surveillance. RAND Arroyo Center examined the current capabilities of these resources to identify gaps and suggest strategies to improve their ability to meet current and future military health needs.

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  New Equipping Strategies for Combat Support Hospitals 2010

  Matthew W. Lewis, Aimee Bower, Mishaw T. Cuyler, Rick Eden, Ronald E. Harper, Kristy Gonzalez Morganti, Adam C. Resnick, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Rupa S. Valdez

  Combat Support Hospitals, when not deployed, keep a partial set of equipment at home station with the remainder in long-term storage, a strategy that has created maintenance and obsolescence challenges. This briefing describes a new strategy for configuring home station equipment sets and proposes that deploying CSHs eliminate much of the unit-owned equipment currently in long-term storage, actions that will sharply reduce total equipment costs.

Documented Briefings

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  Army Deployments to OIF and OEF 2010

  Timothy M. Bonds, Dave Baiocchi, Laurie L. McDonald

  In light of misconceptions about the Army's capacity to deploy additional soldiers to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), RAND Arroyo Center was asked to assess the demands placed upon the Army by these deployments. Analyzing deployment data, Arroyo found that the Army has provided over 1 million troop-years to OIF and OEF, and most soldiers now deployed to these operations are on their second or third tour.

Annual Reports

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  RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2009 2010

  Describes the full range of research products and services that RAND Arroyo Center provided to the Army leadership in FY 2009, including projects, quick-response studies, peer-reviewed publications, and the analytic training of Army officers.