[Stand-To!] The 2006 Army Posture Statement February 14, 2006 (UNCLASSIFIED)

Tue Feb 14 09:33:37 EST 2006

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Edition: Tue, February 14, 2006
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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING

Our Army is extremely busy. Currently we have more than 270,000 Soldiers,
Active, Guard and Reserve deployed, forward stationed overseas or securing
the homeland. Soldiers from every state...Soldiers from every corner of this
country... serving "We the People" ...the people of the United States...
with incredible honor and distinction.

Dr. Francis J. Harvey
Secretary of the United States Army

TODAY'S FOCUS

The 2006 Army Posture Statement 

The 2006 Army Posture Statement, which informs Congress on the status of the
Army, was released today and is available at www4.army.mil/aps. The document
helps to "tell the Army story" and conveys our compelling needs for next
year's budget. The Posture Statement, designed to promote understanding and
support for Army programs, provides the following:

* A two-page EXSUM that highlights key ideas that are driving our decision
making 
* Explanation of the four overarching interrelated strategies which comprise
The Army Plan 
* An Executive Summary that describes our compelling needs for the 2007
Fiscal Year 
* A description of the 13 Strategic Initiatives in the basic text and 15
Supporting Initiatives in an addendum 
* A summary of Army accomplishments throughout the text; and 
* Details of progress made with respect to the 2005 Posture Statement 

Drawing upon ideas, the views of key "consumers" on Capitol Hill, and
several independent experts, the 2006 Posture Statement is also a great
reference tool because it provides several new features:

* It is designed to serve as a "one - stop" shop and a portal to learn about
the Army 
* It has hyperlinks within the text that provide additional information in a
user-friendly way. Several of these hyperlinks lead the reader to
Army-supported websites for even greater levels of detail 

* It lists key Army websites to enable readers to learn more about Army
programs 
* The printed version is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing all
informational text boxes and supporting addenda . The CD-ROM also includes a
survey. All material available on the CD is also available online. 

* It spells out our seven Legislative Objectives - characterized as items to
mitigate risk -- within the EXSUM 
* It is packaged in an electronic medium to promote widespread dissemination
and understanding 

The main message of the 2006 Army Posture Statement is how the Army is
executing four overarching, interrelated strategies to accomplish its
mission. They are:

* Provide Relevant and Ready Landpower for the 21st Century Security
Environment 
* Train and Equip Soldiers to Serve as Warriors and Grow Adaptive Leaders 
* Sustain an All-Volnteer Force Composed of Highly Competent Soldiers that
are Provided an Equally High Quality of Life 
* Provide Infrastructure and Support to Enable the Force to Fulfill its
Strategic Roles and Missions 

These strategies will be explained in subsequent Stand-To Articles. 

NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY

*	JSOC to become three-star command (AT
<http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1528875.php> ) 

*	Young warriors say video shooter games helped hone their skills (WP
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR200602130
2437.html>  | EB <http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060214416932.html> ) 

*	Reconstruction a risky business in Iraq's 'Triangle of Death' (SS
<http://stripes.com/article.asp?article=35022&section=104> ) 

*	U.S. role in Iraq security shifting (USAT
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-02-14-us-role_x.htm> ) 

*	Army observing Child Passenger Safety Week (ARNEWS
<http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=8576> ) 

*	New Yorkers send world's largest digital Valentine to troops (ARNEWS
<http://www4.army.mil/news/article.php?story=8564> )

OF INTEREST

*	British officials promise full investigation of Iraq abuse tape (VOA
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-13-voa6.cfm> ) 

*	As violence continues, U.S. Cartoonists refuse to draw the line (FN
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184735,00.html> ) 

*	Report: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Cost $363M (ABC
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1615267> News) 

*	Arrest in Britain follows footage of alleged abuse in Iraq (NPR
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5204354> ) 

*	Editorial: 'Mr. Rumsfeld's Flawed Vision' (WP
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/12/AR200602120
0925.html> ) 

*	Hussein: I am on hunger strike (CNN
<http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/14/saddam.trial/index.html> ) 

*	Editorial: 'The Baghdad shuffle' (CSM
<http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0214/p08s02-comv.html?s=itm> ) 

*	Passion over Cuba, Castro endures (TS
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/13829985.htm> ) 

*	Mounting concern over Afghanistan (CSM
<http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0214/p01s02-wosc.html> )

WORLD VIEW

*	Guantanamo Bay inmates 'tortured' (BBC News <http://news.bbc.co.uk/>
| story <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4710966.stm> ) 

*	European Commission president defends Danish stand (Aljazeera
<http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage>  | story
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E89F9D5C-7B3E-4CAC-A834-8C33D5C7C1E8
.htm> ) 

*	Rice warns Muslims to control violence (International Herald Tribune
<http://www.iht.com/>  | story
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/12/news/islam.php> ) 

*	Taliban say attacks will increase, U.S. "helpless" (Reuters
<http://today.reuters.com/news/home.aspx>  | story
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-
02-14T095918Z_01_ISL9309_RTRUKOC_0_US-AFGHAN-VIOLENCE.xml> ) 

*	First British Marines prepare to head for Helmand, Afghanistan
(Islamic Republic News Agency <http://www.irna.ir/en/>  | story
<http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0602135634185043.htm> ) 

*	Germany slowly moves towards Army deployment at World Cup (Deutsche
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,266,00.html> Welle | story
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1899961,00.html> ) 

*	Basra cuts off relations with British (The
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/0,6961,,00.html> Guardian | story
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1709524,00.html> ) 

*	Marines ride into province of death (The New Zealand Herald
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/>  | story
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10368159> ) 

*	Moving U.S. Marines out of Okinawa (The Japan Times
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/>  | story
<http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060212a1.html> )

WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS

*	The Blogs of War (Wired
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/milblogs.html> ) 

*	The 48th goes to war: Dispatches from Iraq (AJC
<http://www.ajc.com/news/content/custom/blogs/guard/index.html> ) 

*	The Pentagon's War on the Internet (OpEdNews
<http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mike_whi_060213_the_pentagon_92s_wa
r_o.htm> ) 

*	Military blogs offer another media outlet for service members (The
Daily News
<http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.c
fm&StoryID=38596&Section=LIBERTY> ) 

*	Bloggers: an army of irregulars (BBC
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4696668.stm> News)

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