The Army we will go to war with in the future is the Army we wish right now to have. Easy there, pucker factor.
Highlights of planned Army changes indicate it is lightening up:
4th Infantry Division's armored brigade combat team will transition to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team. 3rd Cavalry Regiment will transition from Strykers to Abrams tanks, becoming an Armored Brigade Combat Team. Three unnamed Army National Guard units will be converted from Armored Brigade Combat Teams to Mobile Brigade Combat Teams, which are effectively standard infantry formations but with the new Infantry Squad Vehicle. Additionally, two National Guard Stryker Brigade Combat Teams will also convert to Mobile Brigade Combat Teams. All Army Reserve Air Cavalry and Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades will be deactivated. Shut down the 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade and 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade.
I'm just not going to cheer on lightening up brigades to move them overseas quickly to die against more heavily armed enemies. Although the lightening is mostly in the Guard. We'll see if that flows into the active forces given the apparent big picture thinking.
And you know what I think about the Infantry Squad Vehicle. There's nothing about them that makes an infantry brigade "medium". Russia's Mad Max cars on the battlefield may be dangerous for users, but at least they are cheaper.
The article discusses other changes outside of the big item units.
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