Evaluating the Army’s Ability to Regenerate: History and Future Options

This analysis modeled the Army’s ability to increase (“regenerate”) its active component (AC) end strength over a five-year period in two scenarios—starting from a Total Army of 980,000 (450,000 AC) and starting from a Total Army of 920,000 (420,000 AC)—so that the Army could provide the number of deployable troops available at the end of the last conflict in 2010.