000 02951cam a2200445 i 4500
001 rnd000000000111881
003 RAND
008 931118s1993 caua b 000 0 eng d
010 _a93003573
020 _a0833013645
027 _aRAND/MR-164-A/OSD
035 _a(Sirsi) a350910
037 _c$13.00
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
043 _an-us---
050 0 0 _aDS79.724.U6
_bS78 1993
100 1 _aStucker, J. P.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aArmy experiences with deployment planning in Operation Desert Shield /
_cJames P. Stucker, Iris M. Kameny.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1993.
300 _axxi, 98 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"National Defense Research Institute--Arroyo Center."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xSupplies and stores.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xTransportation
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPersian Gulf War, 1991
_xLogistics
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aKameny, Iris,
_d1932-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aArroyo Center.
710 2 _aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense.
_bOffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR164/
999 _c596961
_d596961