PPT Slide
- Compression of division and brigade into new echelon, to achieve fewer C2 nodes, lower overhead, more teeth, less tail;
- Dis-establishes selected formations (selected units and headquarters) and unneeded equipment. Retains useful equipment within new, adaptive more deployable framework;
- Adopts rotational readiness/unit rotation system to make expenditures for training and deployments more predictable in fiscal and human terms.
- Urges leasing of new equipment (C4I, AH64D engines, Light Armor, etc‡) avoids large capital investment up front and keeps pace with rapidly changing technology;
- Creates substantially greater cohesion and reduces personnel turbulence at the Group level.
- Change is consistent with the USAF Force and USMC concepts for Expeditionary deployments.
How does Breaking the Phalanx do It?