Ground Forces for a Rapidly Employable Joint Task Force

First-Week Capabilities for Short-Warning Conflicts

Eugene C. Gritton, Paul K. Davis, Randall Steeb, John Matsumura

ResearchPublished 2000

This monograph is a "think piece" about rapidly deployable future ground forces that would be used in time-urgent joint-task-force missions. The authors sketch out what is needed operationally, describe forces responsive to those needs, and discuss the feasibility of achieving such forces-first with near-term systems but new operational concepts, and then, for the longer term, by drawing upon advanced technology.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 2000
  • Pages: 136
  • Document Number: MR-1152-OSD/A

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Gritton, Eugene C., Paul K. Davis, Randall Steeb, and John Matsumura, Ground Forces for a Rapidly Employable Joint Task Force: First-Week Capabilities for Short-Warning Conflicts. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2000. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1152.html.
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