Rapid Force Deployment

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Sep 21, 2009

Defining and Evaluating Reliable Options for Overseas Combat Support Basing

Identifies a robust set of facility locations for the Air Force to place combat support basing materiel that will cover a broad range of potential missions (e.g., training, humanitarian, and major combat operations) that may occur around the world.
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Mar 20, 2007

America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty

Analyzes the history of conscription and ways the Department of Defense can manage its personnel during high levels of deployment.
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Jan 1, 2002

The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options

Assesses how rapidly the Army's new medium-weight Stryker Brigade can be deployed by air or sealift from planned bases in the United States versus forward bases in key regions and explores how rapidly large U.S. forces need to deploy.
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Jan 1, 2001

Deploying the Force: What the Reserve Components Can Add

The Persian Gulf War and subsequent deployments of U.S. Army forces make it clear that units from the Reserve Components (RC) will play an important part in future operations. Their specific role hinges on how quickly they can be ready for deployment.
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Jan 1, 2000

Intervening in Short-Warning Conflicts: The Role of a Rapidly Employable Joint Force

Analysis suggests that a first, provisional version of such a capability could be achieved in the near to mid term by "zero basing" (i.e., rethinking from first principles the use of existing airlift and ship-based prepositioning).
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Jan 1, 1996

Turning Light Forces into Heavy Hitters: New Technologies for U.S. Rapid Reaction Missions

Suggests that emerging technologies will eliminate or substantially reduce a major drawback of this developing role for light forces: their vulnerability to attacks from heavily armored enemies.

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Defining and Evaluating Reliable Options for Overseas Combat Support Basing

America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty

The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options

Deploying the Force: What the Reserve Components Can Add

Intervening in Short-Warning Conflicts: The Role of a Rapidly Employable Joint Force

Turning Light Forces into Heavy Hitters: New Technologies for U.S. Rapid Reaction Missions

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Defining and Evaluating Reliable Options for Overseas Combat Support Basing

America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty

The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options

Deploying the Force: What the Reserve Components Can Add

Intervening in Short-Warning Conflicts: The Role of a Rapidly Employable Joint Force

Turning Light Forces into Heavy Hitters: New Technologies for U.S. Rapid Reaction Missions

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