Taken from James F Dunnigan's "How to Make War" these are the spending ratio's and personnel in service in the US in around 1980.
ACTIVE CIVILIAN RESERVE TOTAL
US Army . . . . 776,000 . . . . . 361,000 . . . . . 742,000 . . . . . 1,879,000
USN . . . . . . . 534,000 . . . . . .296,000 . . . . . 174,000 . . . . . 1,004,000
USMC . . . . . . 185,000 . . . . . . 20,000 . . . . . 88,000 . . . . . . .293,000
USAF . . . . . . .564,000 . . . . . 263,000 . . . . . 195,000 . . . . . 1,022,000
% . . . . . . . . . 49% . . . . . . . . 22% . . . . . . . . 29% . . . . . . . .100%
What if the US govt increased the ratio of Active military personnel and cut down on the number of reserve personnel to the following numbers.
US ARMY . . . . . 1,442,800 . . . . . 361,000 . . . . . 74,200 . . . . . 1,879,000
USN . . . . . . . . . .609,600 . . . . . .296,000 . . . . . 17,400 . . . . . 1,004,000
USMC . . . . . . . . .264,000 . . . . . . 20,000 . . . . . . 8,800 . . . . . . .293,000
USAF . . . . . . . . .739,500 . . . . . 296,000 . . . . . 19,500 . . . . . .1,022,000
% . . . . . . . . . . . 75% . . . . . . . . .22% . . . . . . . .2.9% . . . . . . .100%
Would this work, would this improve the US Armed Forces capability against the USSER and the rest of the world.
Regards filers.