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TODAY’S ARMY:TRANSFORMS AND FIGHTS…….SIMULTANEOUSLYGate City Rotary Brief(July 23, 2009)AGENDA• New Army Structure• Operation Enduring Freedom– Afghanistan– Organizing for Combat– The Mission• Lessons/Challenges/TakeawaysThe Army TodayCOMMAND LEVELThird ArmyArmyGENERALEighth Army(2-5 Corps)100,000 - 300,000 SoldiersLIEUTENANT GENERALI CorpsIII CorpsCorpsCorpsV Corps(2-5 Divisions)(2-5 Divisions)40,000 - 100,000 SoldiersXVIII CorpsMAJOR GENERAL10 Active DivisionsDivision2 Integrated Divisions(3 Maneuver Brigades) 10,000 - 18,000 Soldiers8 ARNG DivisionsCOLONELBrigadeBrigadeBrigade3,000 - 5,000 Additional Unit Types:(3 or more Battalions)(3 or more Battalions)(3 or more Battalions)SoldiersAviation BrigadeCorps ArtilleryArmored Cavalry RegimentLIEUTENANT COLONELSeparate BrigadeBattalion400- 1,000 SoldiersMilitary Intelligence Brigade(3-5 Companies)Air Defense Artillery BrigadeEngineer BrigadeSignal BrigadeCAPTAINChemical BrigadeCompanyMilitary Police Brigade(3-5 Platoons)60- 200 SoldiersSpecial Forces GroupRanger RegimentSpecial Operations Aviation RegimentLIEUTENANTPlatoonCivil Affairs Brigade16- 50 Soldiers(3-4 Squads)Corps Support CommandMedical BrigadePersonnel GroupSTAFF SERGEANTFinance GroupSquad4 - 12 SoldiersTransportation Group(2-4 Teams)Quartermaster GroupExplosive Ordnance GroupPsychological Operations GroupFrom Division to Brigade -From a large, powerful, fixed DivisionCentricbased Army…to a smaller, flexible, self-contained Brigade based ArmyXXDivisionModular DivisionIIXXXDivision Cav (Recon)SignalDSTBBCTAviationSustainmentBCTBCTField ArtilleryBCTDivisionChemicalTroopsMilitary PoliceIntelligenceLogisticsAviationSupportXEngineersBrigadeMechanizedAir DefenseArmor BrigadeBrigadeMP/SeMP/S ce urc itur yitSignalLogisticsChemicalFiresIntelligenceEngineerDivision Cav (Recon)CombinedArmedCombinedArmsReconArmsMiliField Artillerytary AviationPoliceefenseEngineersIntelligenceAir DSignalMechanizedLogisticsArmor BrigadeBrigadeSupport82nd Airborne Division Special Troops BattalionIIDSTB640IIIIIIHHCHQsAAASREPOBANDDIV100350100252540• BN HQs• Div HQs• Div SATCOM• Trains Jump • Trains new • Army Band• BN Staff• Div Staff• COMMS MAINTMasters for Paratroopers • MaintenanceUS Armyfor Division• Medical• Other SupportAGENDA• New Army Structure• Operation Enduring Freedom– Afghanistan– Organizing for Combat– The Mission• Lessons/Challenges/TakeawaysAfghan = The People, stan = The Land ofAfghanistan = The Land of Afghans • ~7,000 miles from Greensboro• 31,889,923 People• 250,000 square miles• Official Languages are Pashtu and Dari • Religion: Sunni Muslim 80%, Shi'a Muslim 19%, Other (Hindu, Christian) 1%• Independence from UK in 1919• Currency is the Afghani (1 Afghani (AF) = .19 USD) •GDP: 21.5 billion (Agriculture: 38%, Industry: 24%, Services: 38%)