U.S. Army: 95% of Brigade Combat Teams Unprepared to Fight Immediately

Breitbart National Security ^ | 2/8/17 | Edwin Mora

[markomalley]

Only three of the 58 U.S. Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) are capable of immediately joining the fight in the event of a major conflict, Gen. Daniel Allyn, vice chief of staff of the Army, told lawmakers.

According to the general, about one-third of the 58 BCTs in the Army, the largest U.S. military branch, are deemed ready, but “only three” of those “could be called upon to fight tonight in the event of a crisis.”

The rest would require about 30 days to prepare. That means only about five percent of brigade combat teams are ready to engage in immediate combat in the event of a major conflict.

Gen. Allyn also warned that only one-fourth of the Army’s Combat Aviation Brigades and half our the branch’s Division Headquarters are ready to carry out their duties, noting that due to budget cuts and constraints the soldiers can only do what the country requires of them while assuming “high risk.”

[markomalley]

Thanks, Barry. Thanks a lot.

I seem to remember a day when C-2 was a minimum standard of readiness (and being less than C-1 was cause for some "help" for a commander).

But I guess C-4 is now the minimum standard. Everybody gets a trophy for participation, even in FORSTAT/SORTS/GSORTS (depending upon your age)

[MagUSNRET]

I would like to know the sources of this information....I may be an old bastard, but in my day SORTS reporting was CLASSIFIED information!

[SkyPilot]

It's been this way for years. Sequestration made it even worse.

The military in this nation has been punished, cut, feminized, labled rapists for cheap political gain, and forced to "celebrate" sodomy and homosexuality.

50% of all cuts had to be paid out by the military, which is only 15% of all spending.

[Gay State Conservative]

Eight years of a Commander-In-Chief who didn't even try to *hide* his contempt for the Armed Forces.So,there's no way this should be a surprise.

[b4me]

great we are telling the world this info /s

[markomalley]

I would like to know the sources of this information....I may be an old bastard, but in my day SORTS reporting was CLASSIFIED information!

The sources of the information was an open briefing by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army to Congress.

[Tennessee Nana]

Yeah that’s right tell our enemies how unprepared we are for them...

[TADSLOS]

But the Army still has $$$ to send Brigade sized units on boondoggle “training exercises” with South Africa set up by Obama’s diplomats.

[jospehm20]

I am not certain I believe that three BCTs are fully ready.

[orionrising]

I feel like this has usually been the way, other then cold war days in Europe only the ready brigade of the 82nd airborne is usually on alert right?

[TADSLOS]

They only are if they pull assets from other Brigades.

[Terry Mross]

And how long has the vice Chief I Staff of the Army known this?

[2ndDivisionVet]

We had 92 Army divisions during World War II and a division has three brigades. That’s not counting the Marines. NINETY TWO. From a much smaller country than now.

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty ping.

[ExTexasRedhead]

General Mad Dog Mattis will deal with this in short order.

[markomalley]

And how long has the vice Chief I Staff of the Army known this?

Oh, I'd say about 8 years.

A better question is Who, exactly, in the previous administration ordered him to cover this up?

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

markomalley :" Thanks, Barry. Thanks a lot.
I seem to remember a day when C-2 was a minimum standard of readiness (and being less than C-1 was cause for some "help" for a commander).
But I guess C-4 is now the minimum standard."

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

markomalley :" Thanks, Barry. Thanks a lot.
I seem to remember a day when C-2 was a minimum standard of readiness (and being less than C-1 was cause for some "help" for a commander).
But I guess C-4 is now the minimum standard."

No wonder that Barry was talking like a "war hawk" with three weeks left as a "Lame Duck" !

[TADSLOS]

No, even in the darkest days of the Carter years, our first line active component Divisions in Europe, Korea and CONUS were manned, trained and equipped to at least C-2 and every Division maintained a ready brigade for immediate deployment.

The Army hasn't been this broke since the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

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