[Stand-To!] Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy - March 22, 2006

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Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy

What is it? The United States' global defense posture is represented  
in the size, location, types, and roles of forward military forces  
and capabilities. The ability to project power and undertake military  
actions beyond our border depends on it. Together with our overall  
military force structure, our global defense posture enables the  
United States government to assure allies, dissuade potential  
challengers, deter our enemies and, if necessary, defeat aggression.

What has the Army Done? The Army will realign 48,500 Soldiers between  
2004-2011 and restructure overseas facilities to support the  
expeditionary nature of the transformed Army. We will retain a  
transformed, forward-stationed force in Europe and Korea.

What efforts does the Army plan to continue in the future? The new  
global defense posture will be adapted to the new security  
environment by: 1) expanding allied roles, building new partnerships,  
and encouraging transformation; 2) creating greater operational  
flexibility to contend with uncertainty; 3) avoiding concentration of  
military forces in a few locations for particular scenarios; 4)  
focusing both within and across various regions of the world; 5)  
developing rapidly deployable capabilities; and 6) working from a  
different paradigm than in the past whereby effective military  
capabilities, not numbers of personnel and platforms, create decisive  
military effects and will enable the United States to execute its  
security commitments globally.

Why is this important to the Army? The Global War on Terrorism, in  
combination with other geopolitical circumstances, has led to  
important changes in the U.S. security and defense strategy. This new  
security environment requires a more global perspective. Changes in  
U.S. global defense posture are needed to support our existing  
commitments, to take account of our changing security relationships,  
and to make maximum use of the strategic potential of these  
relationships. The new posture will yield significant gains in  
military effectiveness and efficiency in future conflicts and crises  
and will enable the U.S. military to fulfill its many worldwide  
roles. The new posture will also have a positive effect on our  
military forces and families. While we will be moving toward a  
rotational and unaccompanied forward presence, these rotations will  
be balanced by more stability at home, with fewer overseas moves and  
less disruption in the lives of family members.
INFORMATION YOU CAN USE
LIVE WEBCAST: March 23 - Resourcing Stability Operations - the 2006  
ICAF Symposium, co-sponsored by the Army's Eisenhower National  
Security Series, Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), the  
National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense  
Industrial Association, Washington, D.C. For more information and  
link to the web cast: http://www.eisenhowerseries.com.
NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY
N. Korea Says it Can Strike First (Military.com)
Bush Says U.S. Troops Will Stay In Iraq Past '08 (Early Bird)
Pentagon Probing Claims that U.S. Troops Killed 26 Civilians (USA Today)
Abizaid Extends Service (Military.com)
Guard's Balancing Act: Should it Change? (Christian Science Monitor)
Civil Affairs, Psyops Shift Away From SOCOM (Early Bird )
WAR ON TERROR NEWS
Seven in U.K. go on Trial for Terrorism Charges (MSNBC)
Vice President Thanks Scott Airmen for Terror War Support (DoD)
Chemical Plants As Security Risks (CBS)
Abu Ghraib Dog Handler Found Guilty (ARNEWS)
Documents Show no WMD (Military.com)
OF INTEREST
Mission: Indefinite (Slate)
Antiwar Views Grow, but War Protests Don't (CSM)
A War 'Shock And Awe' Didn't Win (EB)
Why US and Iran Must Talk (KT)
General: Iraqis Reluctant on Unified Gov't (GF)
WORLD VIEW
A Cry For Help (Aljazeera | Story)
Father Who Joined US Army to Avenge Dead Son Ready to go Home (TH |  
Story)
FBI Targeting Those Who Oppose Bush’s War (Aljazeera | Story)
Editorial: Haditha Killings (AN | Story)
US Faces Charges of Two Massacres of Iraqi Civilians (IO | Story)
Operation Swarm Of Lies (CC | Story)
WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS
Dispatches From Iraq (USA Today)
They Knew (or Should Have…) (MSNBC)
Rumsfeld: History Isn't Made Up Of Blogs or Headlines (Daily Kos)
NYT: "Army Dog Handler Is Convicted in Detainee Abuse at Abu  
Ghraib" (Common Ills)
Government and You E-News (Homefront Six)


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