FYI
Fort Bliss is going to make out huge in this. In addition to the relocating 1st Armor from Germany, we’re going to get two of the new BCTs.
I think building up the Military is needed for our National Security and way overdue.
But.......Where’s the fence?
When are we going to shut down our bases in Germany?
Rumfield’s legacy the Fulda Gap generals fought tooth and nail against.
1) Fires Brigade.
The purpose of the fires brigade was to combine core artillery and division artillery into a modular brigade. The fires brigade was less involved with providing close fire support, such as cannon. It focused more on precision-strikes, counterstrikes and shaping. Under the new modular design, the role of close fire support would fall to the artillery units assigned to the maneuver brigade combat teams. The fires brigade allowed the division to assume some of the duties that Corps performed.
The fires brigade would consist of a brigade headquarters, a target acquisition battery and a Multiple Launch Rocket System battalion as its permanent elements. Personnel assets included a Marine officer, Air Force personnel, and sections for space command, information operations, psychological operations, civil affairs and a fires and effects cell. These sections would be permanently housed within the fires brigade headquarters.
2)Maneuver-Enhancement Brigade.
Typically, but not exclusively, the MEB is composed of engineer, military police, chemical, air defense, civil affairs, and other units that routinely function together during protection, stability, and support operations. As necessary, the situation may dictate the assignment of maneuver or other types of units to the MEB.
During major combat operations, the brigade could oversee river crossing, protect forces and critical infrastructure, and reinforce brigade combat teams with tailored engineer, military police, air/missile defense, chemical or other supporting capabilities. The ME brigade does not replace theater functional brigade headquarters, but provides an intermediate multifunctional capability. The unit might also exploit sensitive sites, support special operations units, or sever as joint security coordinator (JSC).
3)Sustainment Brigade
Sustainment Brigade [formerly the Division Support Command] deploys and provides responsive combat & health service support. This multifunctional brigade will have the mission, responsibility, and authority to conduct theater distribution. It will be assigned functional and multifunctional battalions that will perform transportation, supply, and services missions. Distribution-based logistics will maximize throughput from the theater hub to the user level, bypassing intermediate echelons whenever possible.
4) Battlefield-Surveillance Brigade
The brigade’s capabilities include a full range of advanced intelligence analysis and intelligence collection that includes counterintelligence, long range surveillance, aerial signals intelligence, and Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP). Its soldiers come from across the range of Military Occupational Specialties in the Army to include military intelligence disciplines, infantry, aviation, signal, and the full range of critical Combat Support and Combat Service Support experts. Its mission is to provide all-source, predictive intelligence and electronic warfare in support of world-wide contingency operations.
The Army’s Long Range Surveillance units (LRSU’s) are being expanded into the Army’s new Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB) format. The brigade contains a Brigade HHC, a Battlefield Surveillance Targeting Battalion (BSTB), a Military Intelligence Battalion and a Surveillance Reconnaissance Battalion (SRB).
Unless the Japanse start buliding Zeros again, this is the place to be ...
This gives me the feeling that our military is being prepared for many more 'interventions', 'change of government' and 'nation building missions'.
Are we ever going to redeploy the troops in South Korea stateside?
Why after 57.7 years must we have a combat presence on the South Korean peninsula?
The ROKs can take care of SK themselves—and by now, they should.