Ground Forces for a Rapidly Employabel Joint Task Force: First-Week Capabilities for Short-Warning Conflicts

by John Matsumura, Randall Steeb, Paul K. Davis, et al.

A key element of the Department of Defense's effort to transform the force is developing capabilities for rapidly employable joint task forces (JTFs). In many plausible military interventions, long-range precision fires alone wouldn't be sufficient and the JTFs would need ground-maneuver forces that could be employed within days of a decision to take action. A first, provisional version of such capability could be achieved in the near to mid term...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833027972
• ISBN13: 9780833027979
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"