[Link to Full Article] WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 24, 2004) -- As units return from Iraq, the Army will “reset” brigades into the fighting formations that will be needed in the future, a senior Army official said.
Under Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker’s “modularity” focus area, the 33 maneuver brigades in today’s active-component Army will be reset into 43 to 48 brigades. The Army will be temporarily “plussed up” by 30,000 troops to fill the added brigades, officials said.
...Along with the maneuver brigades, or “units of action,” each division will also have an aviation brigade, a maintenance brigade and a “strike” brigade. For instance, a division could have two armored brigades, an infantry brigade, a Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and even a Marine Expeditionary Brigade attached, Army officials said. They said that the division headquarters will be more joint by design and have more potential for “force packaging.”
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Army to reset into modular brigade-centric force
[Link to Full Article]WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 24, 2004) -- As units return from Iraq, the Army will “reset” brigades into the fighting formations that will be needed in the future, a senior Army official said.
Under Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker’s “modularity” focus area, the 33 maneuver brigades in today’s active-component Army will be reset into 43 to 48 brigades. The Army will be temporarily “plussed up” by 30,000 troops to fill the added brigades, officials said.
