Thursday, October 15, 2009

What Wasn't Said By the Army Senior Leadership at the Association of the US Army's Annual Meeting

For several months the Chief of Staff of the Army and his senior leaders have emphasized that the Army is "out of balance" -- unable to meet current (and rapidly shifting) commitments and the need for Army Full Spectrum Readiness and Strategic Flexibility.  The goal is to restore that balance.  Yet at AUSA, noticeably absent from the Senior Leadership's briefing charts was the phrase "Full Spectrum Readiness" having been replaced by simple "Readiness."  The main point that the Army is "out of balance" was still there, but the implications seem to be that the Army needs to be ready for something less than Full Spectrum operations.  What operations are being curtailed for the Expeditionary Army?  What are the implications for logistics and sustainment?  Until the Quadrennial Review is public and the Guidance for the Development of the Force (GDF) is promulgated,  these questions will remain unanswered.  Accordingly, today long-range logistics and sustainment planning must proceed in something of a vacuum.

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