PPT Slide
- In the Group-based structure, Army Forces are involved in one of three 180 day operational readiness cycles in peacetime. This reduces personnel tempo, makes deployments and costs predictable.
- Training Cycle (six months): Unit and Individual Training under Service control.
- Deployment Cycle (six months): Units are ready for deployment to Joint Command and Control and become part of the pool that responds to Major Theater of War or Lesser Theater of War contingencies.
- Reconstitution Cycle (six months): Unit returns to home station for re-fitting, modernization (if required) and leave.
This approach creates a pool of 35-40,000 ready, CONUS-based Army Expeditionary Forces that can deploy 24 hours a day, seven days a week to fight, deter or conduct any mission the National Command Authorities decide to assign.
Reorganization creates a larger pool of ready, available Army Forces!