02951cam a2200445 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001300065020001500078027002200093035002000115037001100135040001900146043001200165050002600177100002800203245011000231264003700341300004400378336002600422337002600448337002800474338003600502338002700538500005800565504004100623520127700664530005801941588004701999610004702046610005102093650005402144700003402198710001902232710004702251710002202298710002602320710009002346856006902436rnd000000000111881RAND931118s1993    caua     b    000 0 eng d  a93003573  a0833013645  aRAND/MR-164-A/OSD  a(Sirsi) a350910  c$13.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us---00aDS79.724.U6bS78 19931 aStucker, J. P.eauthor.10aArmy experiences with deployment planning in Operation Desert Shield /cJames P. Stucker, Iris M. Kameny. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1993.  axxi, 98 pages :billustrations ;c28 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"National Defense Research Institute--Arroyo Center."  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aThis report documents the Army's experiences with deployment planning and with deployment- planning systems during Operation Desert Shield (ODS). Analysis of ODS experiences suggests that although Army deployments were planned and executed reasonably quickly and smoothly, there were areas in need of improvement. First, ODS experiences suggest that procedures for deployment planning should be repackaged to emphasize flexibility and adaptability. Second, after contingency-planning and execution procedures have been improved, computerized deployment support systems need to be refocused and updated. At the highest level, planners need automated tools for planning and gaming as aids in decisionmaking; as the planning proceeds, several levels of data need to be linked so that planning and deployments can be conducted effectively by the operating and transportation commands and simultaneously monitored and coordinated by the higher-level commands. Finally, personnel skills should also be refocused and upgraded by strengthening career paths for planning personnel, increasing the training and practice of those personnel in realistic, no-plan, and unexpectedly stressful scenarios, and creating ways to use crisis-planning tools in day-to-day peacetime operations.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record.10aUnited States.bArmyxSupplies and stores.10aUnited States.bArmyxTransportationxHistory. 0aPersian Gulf War, 1991xLogisticszUnited States.1 aKameny, Iris,d1932-eauthor.2 aArroyo Center.2 aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.)2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bArmy.1 aUnited States.bDepartment of Defense.bOffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR164/