[Stand-To!] Global Force Posture - March 3, 2006

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Edition: Fri, March 03, 2006
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SENIOR LEADERS ARE SAYING
"The concept of adapting to confront a wider range of threats also  
informed recent changes to U.S. global posture. We surveyed where  
U.S. forces were stationed abroad and noted that they were more or  
less where they had been at the height of the Cold War. So we  
resolved to re-position them to diffuse global threats."

Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense
FY 2007 Posture Statement Before The Senate Armed Services Committee
TODAY'S FOCUS
Global Force Posture

What is it? The Army is adjusting its global posture to meet the  
needs of Combatant Commanders. The objective is to increase strategic  
responsiveness while decreasing its overseas footprint and exposure.  
As part of a larger Department of Defense program, these adjustments  
will have a fundamental impact on our facilities and our ability to  
surge forces when needed. In place of traditional overseas bases with  
extensive infrastructure, we intend to use smaller forward operating  
bases with prepositioned equipment and rotational presence of  
personnel. These adjustments will also support the stabilization  
initiative by requiring less moves to overseas bases for our Soldiers  
and their families.

Parallel with the Base Realignment and Closure process, the Army is  
identifying critical joint power projection installations to support  
the mobilization, demobilization and rapid deployment of Army forces.  
We are also enhancing force reception and deployed logistics  
capabilities to quickly respond to unforeseen contingencies.

To complete the transition to an expeditionary force, we will  
reposition ground forces to meet emerging challenges and adjust our  
permanent overseas presence to a unit-rotation model that is  
synchronized with force generation initiatives. In Europe, both heavy  
divisions will return to the United States. They are being replaced  
by expanding the airborne brigade in Italy, enhancing the Army's  
training center in Germany and establishing a possible rotational  
presence in Eastern Europe. We will maintain a rotational presence in  
the Middle East while eliminating many of our permanent bases. In the  
Pacific, we will maintain smaller forward-presence forces, but will  
station more agile and expeditionary forces capable of rapid response  
at power projection bases. Finally, we will leverage our improved  
readiness to increase our rotational training presence among our  
security partners.

For more information on topics related to this effort, visit http:// 
www.army.mil/aps/06/maindocument/infopapers/49.html
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