For Those Serious Students Of Mil Ops

[Erwin]

Hope this may be useful...

MORS is pleased to launch the DoD Force Structure Analysis Way Ahead Special Meeting to be held 24 - 27 January 2011 at the TASC Heritage Conference Center in Chantilly, VA.

Background: The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) outlined a strategy to meet a broad array of security challenges. However, the ability of the QDR to suggest quantitative force structure adjustments was inhibited by the demands of the current fights and the complexity and uncertainty of the future environment. Given the near term disengagement of forces in Iraq and the expected responsible withdrawal from Afghanistan starting in 2011, the Joint Staff, at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, conducted the Operational Availability Study 2010 (OA-10) to determine availability of currently stressed forces in the near- to mid-term. This study provided valuable insights as to the constraints on these forces, but was limited in scope to the type of units analyzed and limited in scale to ongoing current operations.

Looking forward, we can expect that eliminating the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget and returning to more normal resourcing levels will require a comprehensive examination of force structure to ensure we properly match the programmed force to the national security strategy demands. For the near term, the question for the Department is, "How best to reset and reconstitute the force?"

That means the Joint Staff and the Department must find ways to improve how we analyze the structure required for the joint force after next, and ensure that our current strategy and structure maps to this force in as seamless a manner as possible. The Force Structure Workshop will examine our analytical methods to collect the proper data, establish metrics, and develop and apply tools to examine how best to use the force we have as well as determine an appropriate force structure to meet national security objectives in the near, mid, and long terms.

This workshop will describe a way ahead for force structure analysis by:

Expanding the understanding of force structure analysis data, assumptions, procedures, and applications for workshop participants and the community of force structure analysis participants and customers.

Developing recommendations for improving force structure data, processes, tools, analysis, and products.

Workshop Organization: This four-day workshop will be structured around the following working groups:

Working Group 1 – Near Term Force Structure Analysis

Working Group 2 – Personnel

Working Group 3 – Materiel & Acquisition

Working Group 4 – Linking Near Term to Future Force Structure Analysis

Working Group 5 – Analytic Tools for Force Structure Analysis

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Westfields Marriott at a daily rate of $181.00. Please reference MORS when making your reservation.

Please click here to view the workshop page and to reserve your spot today! We are pleased to offer a discounted meeting registration fee structure for this workshop to encourage broad participation by you and your colleagues.

If you have any questions, please contact the MORS office at 703.933.9070 or morsoffice@mors.org

MORS 1703 North Beauregard Street, Suite 450 Alexandria, VA 22311 | www.mors.org | 703-933-9070

[Michael Emrys]

Why is the immediately above post appearing in nearly every thread on the forum?

Michael

[Erik Springelkamp]

Look at the links in that post.

And no, don't click on them!

[Michael Emrys]

Look at the links in that post.

Yeah, I figured that out right away. My question was rhetorical and aimed at the mods.

Michael