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• Divesting Cold War Structure to Better Fight the War on Terrorism
  • Example: Decreasing Field Artillery, Armor, & Air Defense units – taking advantage of joint air superiority and joint precision munitions capabilities
• Relieve Stress on High Demand Units
  • Example: Increasing Military Police, Civil Affairs, Special Operations units
• Improve Readiness and Deployability of Units
  • Example: Man Units to Authorized Level of Personnel Fill
• Execute Military to Civilian Conversions – Free-up Soldiers to Deploy
  • Example: Converting Headquarters Positions from Military to Civilian

Military Police units

Transportation units

Petroleum/Water Distribution units

Civil Affairs units

Psychological Operations units

Biological Detection Units

Field Artillery Units

Air Defense Units

Engineer Units

Armor Units

Logistic Units

Decrease

Increase

100K+ of Change* (Active Army, National Guard, and Reserve)

FY 04

- 09

Most Significant Army Restructuring in the Last 50 Years

Restructuring the Force

* Equivalent to retraining and relocating the population of a small U.S. city.

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