1. National Guard Aviation Proposal
Modify Active Duty (AD) Army Aviation proposed plan, (20 total ARBs in the Active Component only.)
The National Guard (NG) Modification would be 10 NG Combat Aviation Brigades (CAB) instead of 11 NG Aviation Brigades (AB). (Dropping 1 AB saves $100 million annually.)
10 NG CABs will save 1+ BILLION DOLLARS the first year, and approximately $0.5 Billion annually
20 CABs can be purchased for less than Active Duty Aviation Proposal
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2. National Guard Aviation Proposal
How Cost Savings are Realized:
AD ARB has an annual cost of $77 Million.
NG ARB has an annual cost of $32 Million.
NG saves $45 Million per ARB.
National Guard ECAB costs $ million.
Subtract ARB cost (32 Million) from ECAB to get cost of NG AB.
Actual Cost of NG AB ≈ $90 - $100 million
AD Proposal (No NG ARBs) Costs
10 AD CABs with 20 ARB/ARSs ≈ $ 4.51 billion
13 NG BDEs (10 ABs, 2 TABs, and S&S BDE) = $0.88 billion
AD Proposal Total Cost: $5.39 billion
NG Proposal Costs:
10 AD CABs with 10 ARBs = $ 3.74 billion
10 NG CABs with 10 ARBs = $ 1.19 billion
NG Proposal Total Cost: = $ 4.93billion
Current Active Duty Proposal = $5.39 B
(less) National Guard Proposal = $4.93 B
Net Annual Savings $460 million
Additional One-Time Cost Savings:
Re-Training Costs of NG Aviation
$1 million per Aviator X (8 ARB X MTOE ≈ 500 Aviators) = $500 million
NG Proposal Saves $1 Billion for the first year, and thereafter approximately $0.5 Billion annually.
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