Overseas basing of U.S. military forces : an assessment of relative costs and strategic benefits / / Michael J. Lostumbo ... [et al.].

• Author: Lostumbo, Michael.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (483 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This independent assessment is a comprehensive study of the strategic benefits, risks, and costs of U.S. military presence overseas. The report provides policymakers a way to evaluate the range of strategic benefits and costs that follow from revising the U.S. overseas military presence by characterizing how this presence contributes to assurance, deterrence, responsiveness, and security cooperation goals.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Purpose; Approach; Brief History of the U.S. Global Posture; The Current U.S. Global Posture; European Command; Central Command; Pacific Command; Africa Command; Southern Command; How This Report Is Organized; CHAPTER TWO: Strategic Considerations: Benefits of Overseas Posture to Contingency Response; Force Types and Implications for Deployment and Presence; Force Requirements and Deployment Considerations for Major Combat Operations

En Route Infrastructure and Capabilities; Deployment by Air and Sea; Small-Scale Contingency Deployment Analysis; Notional Scenarios for Analysis; Force Packages; Deployment Modeling Results; Direct Operational Support; Operational Support Considerations; Assessing the Ability to Provide Operational Support to Contingencies; Implications for Posture; CHAPTER THREE: Strategic Considerations: Benefits of Overseas Posture for Deterrence and Assurance; The Role of Foreign Posture in Deterring Potential Foes; Deterrence Ideas and Practice; The Adversary Gets a Vote; Assuring Allies

Aligning Interests; Implications for Posture; CHAPTER FOUR: Strategic Considerations: Benefits of Overseas Posture for Security Cooperation; Does Overseas Basing Provide Cost Advantages for Security Cooperation?; Does Overseas Basing Improve Partner Willingness to Deploy Forces?; Does Overseas Basing Provide Benefits for Partner Capability Development?; Does Overseas Basing Provide Training Advantages for U.S. Forces?; How Do Rotational Forces Change U.S. Military Strategies for Security Cooperation; Implications for Posture; CHAPTER FIVE: Risks to Investing in Facilities Overseas

Political Risks to Access; Risks to Peacetime Access: Where Are U.S. Bases at Risk?; Contingency Access; Changing Operational Risks to Posture; Assessing Violent Extremist Risks to Posture; Implications for Posture; CHAPTER SIX: Installation Conditions; Data on Installation Conditions; Findings on Installation Conditions; Implications of Findings on Installation Quality for Postures; CHAPTER SEVEN: Host-Nation Support and U.S. Payments to Other Countries; Terminology and Data Sources; Definitions of Host-Nation Support, U.S. Payments, and Related Concepts

Sources of Data on Host-Nation Support and U.S. Payments; Lessons from Historical Data; Analysis of Contemporary Data on Host-Nation Support and U.S. Payments; Host Nations' Contributions to the United States; U.S. Payments to Other Countries; Treatment of Bilateral Flows in Posture Analysis; NATO Security Investment Program Contributions; Host-Nation Support Data Collection in the Future; Implications of Findings on Host-Nation Support and U.S. Payments for Postures; CHAPTER EIGHT: Relative Costs of Overseas Basing and Rotational Presence; Introduction to Cost Analysis; Definitions of Terms

Approach to Overall Cost Analysis: Constructing Cost Models