National Guard Aviation Proposal

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 V 1.0

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 $120-130 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 1 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. V 1.0