Many of the changes tie into the National Defense Strategy, Hoffman said. David Berger's plan to reshape the force in preparation for future conflicts with more skilled adversaries. Frank Hoffman, distinguished research fellow at the National Defense University, both said there are things they like about Marine Commandant Gen. "But this will be a Swiss Army knife whose owner has ripped out a couple of blades because he doesn't think he's going to need them anymore."Ĭancian and retired Lt. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Without the operational Army, the institutional Army has no purpose."The Marine Corps likes to think of itself as kind of a Swiss Army knife," said retired Marine Col. Without the institutional Army, the operational Army cannot function. Once those forces are deployed, the institutional Army provides the logistics needed to support them. Army installations provide the power-projection platforms required to deploy land forces promptly to support combatant commanders.
The industrial base provides world-class equipment and logistics for the Army. It also allows the Army to expand rapidly in time of war. The training base provides military skills and professional education to every Soldier-as well as members of sister services and allied forces. Institutional organizations provide the infrastructure necessary to raise, train, equip, deploy, and ensure the readiness of all Army forces. The institutional Army supports the operational Army. The operational Army consists of numbered armies, corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions that conduct full spectrum operations around the world. Regardless of component, the Army conducts both operational and institutional missions. The reserve components are the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. The Army, as one of the three military departments (Army, Navy and Air Force) reporting to the Department of Defense, is composed of two distinct and equally important components: the active component and the reserve components.
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