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2006 Army Posture Statement: Provide Relevant and Ready Landpower

   The Army is improving its capabilities to prevail in the war on  
terrorism and sustain all our global commitments.  While fighting, we  
are:

*  Maintaining the momentum of our transformation and modernization.
-   Transforming to create an active and reserve component pool of 70  
modular Brigade Combat Teams, reinforced by over 200 modular Support  
Brigades.
-   Modernizing - for the first time in decades - to field Future  
Combat Systems and other advanced technologies.

*  Improving readiness to deal with irregular, catastrophic,  
disruptive - and traditional - challenges.

*   Building a modular force in which brigades - not divisions - can  
"plug into" joint and coalition task forces in expeditionary and  
campaign settings.

*   Building depth (more) and breadth (more kinds) to ensure Soldiers  
and units can adapt to new challenges.
-   Building more brigades to increase strategic flexibility and  
relieve stress on Soldiers and equipment.
-   Developing more kinds of capability by making our brigades more  
powerful, versatile, deployable, and relevant to new challenges.

*   Creating improvements in: Sustaining the Force, Actionable  
Intelligence, Stability Operations, Homeland Defense, Operating in  
Complex Environments, Facing Irregular Challenges, Battle Command,  
and more.

*   Ensuring that every investment in our current force benefits our  
future force.

These initiatives enable the Army to support current global  
operations and prevail in the war on terrorism, surge forces for  
unforeseen contingencies, and reduce stress on Soldiers and  
equipment.  We are also creating the right mix of Support Brigades to  
ensure that our Soldiers receive the logistical, engineering,  
intelligence, protection, aviation and communications capabilities  
they will need to support the Combatant Commanders.  We are  
rebalancing the force by placing the right Soldiers with the right  
skills into our jobs and organizations in greatest demand.  At the  
same time, we are stabilizing Soldiers, to keep them with their units  
longer, to improve teamwork and reduce stress on families caused by  
frequent moves between posts.  We are maintaining momentum in  
transforming and modernizing our formations - through modular  
conversion, pursuit of future combat systems, and fielding other  
advanced technologies.  These complementary initiatives will ensure  
that our Soldiers are well prepared to operate in campaign and  
expeditionary settings with our joint and coalition partners.

For further information on this and other strategic initiatives,  
visit the Army Posture Statement website at www.army.mil/aps/06 .
SOLDIERS AND THE 2006 OLYMPICS
Talk about disciplined (CSG)
National Guard athlete takes home Silver in women's bobsled (ARNEWS)
Bobsled team pushes pain away, wins silver (CCT)
NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY
Ex-soldier finds peace in Islam (ATS)
Gitmo guard force to be reduced (AT)
Army testing unmanned Stryker convoys (ARNEWS)
'Ready First' brigade takes responsibility for Tal Afar area (SS)
Area veteran to meet Bush during local visit (SBT)
Now running for office: an army of Iraq war vets (CSM)
WAR ON TERROR NEWS
Turf battles in Iraq delay government's formation (CSM)
Blast rocks Shiite Shrine in Samarra (WP)
Pakistan gets Intel in Taliban Hunt (ABC News)
Three Ohio men indicted on terrorism charges (NPR)
'Dangerous neighbor' plagues Afghanistan (WT)
Car bomb rocks a bustling street in Baghdad and leaves 22 dead (PI)
OF INTEREST
Army units in Iraq could have shorter tours of duty (USN)
Blast damages Shiite 'Golden Mosque' (CNN)
Yemeni editor imprisoned over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons (Newsweek)
Retired Commander urges stronger Port Security (NPR)
Strife deepens over port security (CSM)
Port noise complaint (SLATE)
Suspect names possible targets in FBI interrogation (FN)
Fires Bde. Soldiers meet Army Vice Chief of Staff through awards,  
reenlistments (BMN)
WORLD VIEW
Report: Nearly 100 dead in US custody (Aljazeera | story)
Commission scrutinizes German intelligence's role in Iraq (Deutsche  
Welle | story)
Opinion: 'Go in early, go in light, go with civilians' (International  
Herald Tribune | story)
Shi'ite shrine attack fans sectarian flames in Iraq (Swissinfo | story)
U.S. reclassifies archive documents once openly available (Arab News  
| story)
US troops taught Iraqi gestures (BBC News | story)
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