Background to the Future Readiness Of the US Military

This Fandom Wiki is about how the United States Armed Forces could shape it's self for a contingency and multiple wars in various parts of the world.

This wiki will be followed on by a scenario on how these units would be deployed.

No matter how many airplanes (CAS/Attack/Bomber) you have or how many warships and ICBM's you will always need a army to take and control vital infrastructure, lines of communications, attack what's left of the enemies remaining armies, defeat insurgencies and guerilla's and maintain law & order of a hostile population.

With the current modernization of the USMC, it is becoming less likely the marines will stay a crisis response force with a massive emphasis on amphibious warfare and become a costal defense army instead. During the war on terrorism the USMC had over 180,000 marines with four tank battalions with one attached to each marine division but they have since been inactivated and the marines are now downsizing their infantry, artillery, amphibious assault vehicle battalions, helicopter squadrons and inactivating the three Crisis-Response Forces (Africa/Central & South). In WW2 the USMC had six divisions, five air wings, and supporting troops, totaling about 485,000 marines, all were based in the pacific.

Now more than ever the army will need to be advancing it's technology and manpower with a big emphasis on attack divisions. The United States can no longer rely on the USMC to provide forces of infantry, artillery and armor to complement the armies existing forces.

Note- All units that have a 'Area Of Operation's' can be deployed where needed in times of war and emergencies.

The majority of wartime units are provisional, raise on a temporary basis.

A force is shaped by a situation.

File:Notional Army.pdf

The Need For A Hybrid Brigade Combat Team-

Hybrid Threat (HT): “is the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and/or criminal elements all unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects.”

https://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/magazine/issues/2021/Fall/pdf/10\_Baumann\_txt.pdf

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1039542.pdf

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a606781.pdf

Troop Density-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troop\_density

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/mcgrath\_boots.pdf

The Need For A Dedicated Low-Intensity Conflict Division-

What Is A Counter-Insurgency Force?

Why the US needs a dedicated Desert Division?

FORCE TAILORING THE DIVISION AND TASK ORGANIZING ATTACHED BRIGADES-

Force tailoring is the process of determining the right mix of forces and sequence of their deployment in support of a joint force commander (ADRP 3-0). Force tailoring may alter the command and support relationships for organizations aligned to the division. The joint force and theater Army commanders, working for the geographic combatant commander, determine the mix of forces and capabilities (including headquarters) required for a campaign. U.S. Forces Command and the employing theater Army tailor the division with the right mix of brigades or battalions to accomplish its missions. This happens as part of joint deliberate planning or because of crisis action planning. Based on the geographic combatant commander’s request for forces, U.S. Forces Command or another Army Service component command detaches the appropriate forces to the gaining theater Army. The gaining theater Army modifies the existing assignment relationships (when required) by attachment or OPCON of the Army to one of the following:  Theater-level command—such as a theater sustainment command or an Army air and missile defense command and or Division.

U.S. Army Pacific is the gaining theater Army in this example. U.S. Army Pacific receives the 53rd Division, which deploys with its attached FA brigade—the 575th FA Brigade

https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR\_pubs/DR\_a/pdf/web/atp3\_91.pdf

Mission Tailored BCT-

In planning the ROAD reorganization, the Army Staff determined that the Regular Army needed one airborne and five infantry brigades for unique missions not appropriate for a division. The airborne brigade was to replace the battle group on Okinawa, thus significantly increasing the forces there, and the infantry brigades were to serve in Berlin, Alaska, the Canal Zone, and the United States. No fixed combination of maneuver elements was established for the brigades, which were, instead, to be tailored for their special missions.

Combat Developments Command-

194th Armored BDE.