[Stand-To!] Campaign Quality Force - March 29, 2006

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Edition: Wed, March 29, 2006
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TODAY'S FOCUS
Campaign Quality Force

What is it? We are aggressively reshaping the force to become an Army  
of campaign quality with joint and expeditionary capabilities- 
transforming to win the war today while simultaneously positioning  
ourselves for future challenges. Today’s operations require Army  
forces to respond rapidly with forces that move quickly and commence  
operations immediately upon arrival in distant theaters of  
operations. These capabilities are key to our goal to become more  
expeditionary. Our strategic and operational requirements compel the  
Army to maintain forces with expeditionary agility and responsiveness  
and possess staying power, durability, and adaptability once  
deployed. The Army must sustain decisive operations for as long as  
necessary to allow politically favorable resolutions to occur. Army  
forces must be ready to adapt to changes across the range of military  
operations and against learning and adaptive adversaries. Having  
these capabilities produces an Army that is a campaign quality force.

What has the Army done? To maximize force effectiveness, the Army is  
reorganizing to a modular, brigade-based force to achieve three  
primary goals:

• Increase the number of available Brigade Combat Teams to meet  
operational commitments while maintaining combat effectiveness that  
is equal or better than that of previous divisional Brigade Combat  
Teams.
• Create combat and support formations of common organizational  
designs that can be tailored to meet the varied demands of the  
Combatant Commanders-reducing joint planning and execution complexities.
• Redesign organizations to perform as integral parts of the Joint  
Force-making them more effective across the range of military  
operations and enhancing their ability to contribute to joint,  
interagency, and multinational efforts.

What efforts does the Army plan to continue in the future? This  
future force is a central component of Army transformation. Within  
this strategy, the Army is migrating capabilities that were  
previously found at higher echelons to the Brigade Combat Teams.  
Further supporting this effort, the Army is converting most other  
operating force formations into modular, capabilities-based units  
with greater capacities for integration into tailorable and  
strategically responsive force capability packages. Modular  
operational headquarters will provide robust command and control and  
will be better able to serve as joint headquarters.

Why is this important to the Army? Having a campaign quality force is  
vital to meeting the political demands in today’s security  
environment. Today and in the future, our adversaries no longer  
provide us the required build time our nation enjoyed prior to  
Operation Desert Storm. Deploying large corps and division  
organizations to ensure our troops are sustainble, is expensive and  
very time consuming. Modular Support Brigades and Combat Support/ 
Combat Service Support units with reduced logistics footprints,  
enhanced battlespace awareness, and improved sense-and-anticipate  
logistics capabilities will improve joint force responsiveness,  
versatility, and sustainability. This modular conversion effort is  
the greatest restructuring of Army forces since World War II, and it  
affects nearly every organization in our inventory. Most combat  
formations and headquarters will be completed by 2008; theater army  
headquarters will be completed by 2009, and support brigades will be  
completed by 2011.
INFORMATION YOU CAN USE
Army Safety Program

The Chief of Staff of the Army has mandated several initiatives aimed  
at enabling commanders in the field to manage risk as they accomplish  
the demanding missions of fighting a Global War on Terrorism and  
transforming. Here is a link that should be very helpful... gives you  
just what you need to help develop your safety program: https:// 
crc.army.mil/commanderscorner/. It can also be found on the front  
page of the Combat Rreadiness Center's website at https:// 
crc.army.mil/home/
NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY
VCSA Emphasizes Leadership, Soldier Support (ARNEWS)
Bataan Memorial Death March Draws Thousands (ARNEWS)
1st ID Hosts Training With German Partners (ARNEWS)
Combat-Savvy Officers Help Plan War Game (AT)
Medical Helicopter Unit to Deactivate (AT)
Army Satisfied With '07 Budget Request, More Money Would Help  
Transformation (EB | DD)
Training Center Against Terror (BS)
WAR ON TERROR NEWS
Court Scrutinizes Military Tribunals Plan for Detainees (USAToday)
Rumsfeld Defends U.S. Raid (EB | MH)
Iraq Raid Dispute Threatens to Draw US Into Sectarian Conflict (CSM)
Iraqi Forces Thwart Car Bombers, Capture Terrorists (MNF-Iraq)
ACLU: U.S. to Release All Abu Ghraib photos (MSNBC)
Iranian Agents Operating in Iraq: US Commander (IM)
Military Won't Charge U.S. Contractors Detained in Iraq (MN)
OF INTEREST
True Or Not, Report Of 'Massacre' Angers Iraqis (EB | CSM)
A U.S. Call for Cleric's Help (PI)
For Abu Ghraib, a Limited Prosecution (CSM)
With Patience, The US Can Help Democracy Take Root In Iraq (EB | CSM)
All National Power Elements Required to Beat Terrorism, Bush Tells  
Cabinet (DOD)
The Supreme Court Takes the Military Tribunals Out for a Spin. (Slate)
WORLD VIEW
U.S.-Funded Grant Aims to Support Arab TV Journalism (The Daily Star)
U.S. Agrees to Release Abu Ghraib Pictures (Scotsman.com)
America May Find it Impossible to Steer Clear of Iraq’s Civil War  
(The News International)
White House Chief-of-Staff Quits as Bush's Approval Ratings Dive  
(Belfast Telegraph)
WMD in Iraq? Take a Look for Yourself (Guardian Unlimited)
U.S. Denies Targeting Mosque (Moscow Times)
Poll: Support for Israel at 15-Year High in US (Jerusalem Post)
WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS
US Interfering in Iraqi Affairs (Pray4Iraq)
Nemechek Makes 400th Career Cup Start (Team Kelly Racing)
We Could Be Heroes (Bush Out)
Other Items (Common Ills)
Bushmaster Meets the Competition in the US (Set Condition)
The Iraqi Official Accused in the Niger Uranium Fabrication  
(Huffington Post)


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