Finding an Optimal Stationing Policy for the United States Army in Europe afterthe Force Drawdown (FUSSPRINT)

摘要

With the continuing reduction of forces in Europe, it is apparent that the basesupport structure cannot be maintained at current levels. The purpose of this effort is develop a methodology to assign US Army units remaining in Europe to installations in an economical manner and to make recommendations regarding which installations are candidates for deactivation and closure. An integer programming model has been formulated which minimizes annual costs subject to constraints on required resources, one-time implementation costs, unit proximity, and support requirements. The model can be used to provide decisionmakers with insights regarding resource utilization and shortfalls and costs of implementing various stationing plan alternatives. Model development and data collection issues are discussed. Computational experience is given, and efforts to improve model performance are described.