02951cam a2200445 i 4500 rnd000000000111881 RAND 931118s1993 caua b 000 0 eng d 93003573 0833013645 RAND/MR-164-A/OSD (Sirsi) a350910 $13.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- DS79.724.U6 S78 1993 Stucker, J. P. author. Army experiences with deployment planning in Operation Desert Shield / James P. Stucker, Iris M. Kameny. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1993. xxi, 98 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "National Defense Research Institute--Arroyo Center." Includes bibliographical references. This 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. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. United States. Army Supplies and stores. United States. Army Transportation History. Persian Gulf War, 1991 Logistics United States. Kameny, Iris, 1932- author. Arroyo Center. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) Rand Corporation. United States. Army. United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR164/ 596961 596961