# Combat readiness

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{{Short description|Condition of armed forces}}
[[File:Sabrecrew.jpg|thumb|right|[Royal Canadian Air Force](/source/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force) alert crew at [Zweibrücken Air Base](/source/Zweibr%C3%BCcken_Air_Base) in [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) waiting to [scramble](/source/Scrambling_(military)) in 1957]]
'''Combat readiness''' is a condition of the [armed forces](/source/armed_forces) and their constituent [units and formations](/source/Military_organization), [warship](/source/warship)s, [aircraft](/source/aircraft), weapon systems or other [military technology and equipment](/source/military_technology_and_equipment) to perform during [combat](/source/combat) [military operation](/source/military_operation)s,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101109072851/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_3_90/ai_82009553/ Kruys], Archived from the [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_3_90/ai_82009553?tag=content;col1 original] on November 9, 2010, on the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine).</ref> or functions consistent with the purpose for which they are [organized](/source/Military_organization) or designed, or the managing of resources and personnel training in preparation for combat.<ref>Andrews & Shambo, p. 2</ref>

[[File:Joint forces training 140707-A-VC802-008.jpg|thumb|Three [United States Armed Forces](/source/United_States_Armed_Forces) [rear](/source/Rear_(military)) and [non-combat](/source/Military_operations_other_than_war) personnel—a [U.S. Army](/source/U.S._Army) [military construction](/source/military_construction) supervisor, a [U.S. Air Force](/source/U.S._Air_Force) [cyber transport technician](/source/Information_systems_technician), and a [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy) cook—during combat training to ensure combat readiness, in 2014]]

Different armed forces maintain different levels of readiness for the troops to engage in combat, varying from minutes to months; economic considerations are a major factor in explaining the variation.<ref>Jordan, pp. 2–3</ref> 

==See also==
*[Alert crew](/source/Alert_crew)
*[Alert state](/source/Alert_state)
*[COGCON](/source/COGCON)
*[DEFCON](/source/DEFCON)
*[Mobilization](/source/Mobilization)
*[Scrambling (military)](/source/Scrambling_(military))
*[List of established military terms](/source/List_of_established_military_terms)

==References==
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==Citations==
*Andrews, Robert P. & Shambo, James F., (thesis), ''A system dynamics analysis of the factors affecting combat readiness'', Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, June 1980 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120225064750if_/http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA089364&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf]
*Jordan, Thomas M., Col. (US Army), Improving Combat Readiness: Developing and Implementing Effective Training, ''Infantry Magazine'',  Sept-Dec 2000 [https://web.archive.org/web/20101109072851/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_3_90/ai_82009553/]
*Kruys, G.P.H., ''Combat readiness with specific reference to armies'', (Chapter Five), Institute for Strategic Studies, University of Pretoria, Institute for Strategic Studies 2001 [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-2078594_ITM]

==Further reading==
*Pry, Peter Vincent, ''War Scare: Russia and America on the Nuclear Brink'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999 {{ISBN|0-275-96643-7}}
*Betts, Richard K., ''Military Readiness: Concepts, Choices, Consequences'', Brookings Institution Press, 1995 {{ISBN|0-8157-0905-6}}

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