State of Armor and Cavalry (Army September 2013)
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Transcript of State of Armor and Cavalry (Army September 2013)
STATE of ARMOR & CAVALRY
48th CHIEF of ARMOR
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
ARMOR COMMANDANT
School Commandant
Through the Armor School, ensures Soldiers and Leaders are:
• Capable of leading expeditionary formations, and winning against an increasingly sophisticated and asymmetric threat
• Prepared to relentlessly close with and destroy the enemy as part of a combined arms team
• Trained in the art of maneuver warfare
• Educated in the fundamentals of Reconnaissance and Security
• Prepared to win in unpredictable operating environments within their commander’s intent
• Adept at boldly developing the situation through action
• Mentally and physically resilient
Chief of Armor As the Proponent of the Armor Branch, responsible for:
• The training, leader development, education, and personnel management of all Soldiers and Leaders of the Armor and Cavalry force - Soldiers trained to win on the future battlefield - Expeditionary units led by first class Leaders • Implement Maneuver Leader Development Strategy (MLDS) • Implement Maneuver Leaders Self Study Program
Deputy Commanding General
• Complete reorganization efforts with the MCoE to fully incorporate the Armor School in its new home and support all branch requirements
• Be an ambassador for all visitors to the installation, a positive and accurate representation of the US Army Armor Branch • Ensures Fort Benning remains the Best Installation in the US Army for Soldiers, families and DA Civilians
"We train, educate, and inspire the Leaders and Soldiers that provide our Nation with Decisive Land Power” - Excellence Starts Here!
FORGE THE THUNDERBOLT
VISION The premier institution for developing agile and adaptive Soldiers and Leaders that are experts in Combined Arms Maneuver and Reconnaissance & Security Operations
MISSION The Armor School trains, educates and inspires Soldiers and Leaders in fulfilling the obligations of the Army Profession, to be critical and creative thinkers, and to close with and destroy the enemy by fire and movement as part of a combined arms team in a complex environment and against a hybrid threat; thereby fostering the development of adaptable and lethal combat and reconnaissance & security formations, in support of the operating force.
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
HQ A SEC B SEC
Standardized Scout Platoon
SCOUT
PLT LEADER PSG SQD LDR TM LDR
SCOUT SCOUT
TM LDR
SCOUT
SCOUT
SCOUT
SQD LDR
SCOUT SCOUT
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SCOUT
TM LDR
TM LDR TM LDR TM LDR SQD LDR SQD LDR
SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT
SCOUT
SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT
SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT SCOUT
Bradley -or- Stryker -or- HMMWV
Standardized Naming Convention: “Cavalry Squadrons; Cavalry Troops; Scout Platoons; Scout Squads”
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
Mobile Protected Precision Firepower
(MPPF) • Provide MPPF to IBCTs • Provide offensive capabilities to effectively engage and destroy targets at increased ranges • Effectively traverse restrictive terrain to close with and destroy the enemy • Air deployable in combat configuration • Scalable levels of protection
Gaining and Maintaining Access: An Army-Marine Corps Concept March 2012 Conduct combined arms forcible entry operations as part of the joint force by parachute, air, or amphibious assault (surface and vertical) into austere and unexpected locations with little or no advanced notice. Rapidly build combat power by increasing the speed by which follow-on forces are employed. -- LTG Walker (US. ARMY) & LTG Mills (USMC)
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
Armor & Cavalry Leader Course Map
RANK 2LT 1LT CPT MAJ
EDUCATION BOLC MCCC ILE
RECON CORE RECON LEVEL 1: -RSLC (SI 6B)
RECON LEVEL 2: -ARC (SI R7)
RECON LEVEL 3: RECON LEVEL 4: -CLC -TBD
CRITICAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Platoon Leader Company or Troop XO Company or Troop CDR Battalion or Squadron
S3 / XO
FUNCTIONAL TRAINING
2LT - MAJ
AIR ASSAULT AIRBORNE RANGER TANK CDR BRADLEY LDR STRYKER LDR
IBCT X X X
SBCT X X X X
ABCT X X X X X
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
Promote Excellence throughout the Armor and Cavalry: - Implement the Maneuver Leader Development Strategy - Implement the Maneuver Leader Self Study Program - Provide competitive environment in Armor skills - Provide competitive environment in Cavalry skills - Recognize excellence in writing
Excellence Starts Here!
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base.
--LTG George S. Patton
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World! I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.
President Barack Obama presented SSG Clinton L. Romesha the Medal of Honor on FEB 12, 2013 for valorous actions during combat operations in Kamdesh district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009.
On AUG 26, 2013 President Barack Obama awarded SSG Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as a cavalry scout during combat operations in Kamdesh district, Nuristan province, Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009.
Warrior Ethos
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
AR Enlisted Strength Comparative
Source: EDAS as of 27 AUG 13
Within the Total Army, CMF 19 comprises 4.7% of the force
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11 13 14 15 18 19 AUTH 58040 21263 6942 19367 6528 17937 OH 65070 23737 7867 23369 6200 19859
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74.3%
4.2% 0.9%
1.8% 3.7%
14.9% Operational
Instructor
Drill SGT
Recruiter
IG
TRADOC-Oth
TTHS FY 17 15518 56202 18982 6683 20154 6533
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
19D CAVALRY SCOUT COURSE MAP
FUNCTIONAL TRAINING
AIR ASSAULT AIRBORNE SNIPER RANGER MM PATHFINDER MG JM RM BRADLEY LDR
STRYKER LDR JFO AWG AWALP TAOC
IBCT X X X X X X X X X X X
SBCT X X X X X X X X X
ABCT X X X X X X X X X
RANK PVT SGT SSG SFC
EDUCATION OSUT WLC ALC M-SLC
RECON CORE RECON LEVEL 1: RECON LEVEL 2: RECON LEVEL 3: -RSLC (ASI 6B) -ARC (ASI R7) -CLC
CRITICAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS SL1: Scout SL2: Team Leader SL3: Squad Leader SL4: Platoon Sergeant
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
- Manning, equipping, and organizing BCTs with standardized scout formations able to dominate first contact
- Establishment of the School of Reconnaissance & Security
- Developing mastery in Reconnaissance & Security Operations
- Holistic Reconnaissance & Security training strategy developed in partnership with the Operating Force, institution, and CTC’s
Reconnaissance and Security
Strategy
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World!
Master Gunner Strategy
• Establishing a holistic Master Gunner training strategy
• Developing a policy to stabilize Master Gunners at their current duty station upon graduation
BRADLEY Master Gunner Course BRADLEY Leaders Course
M1A1 Tank Master Gunner Course M1A2 Tank Master Gunner Course
M1A1/M1A2 Tank Commanders Course
Precision Fires FY15 End State M1A2 Tank Master Gunner Course M1A2 Tank CDR’s Course BRADLEY Master Gunner Course BRADLEY Leaders Course Unit Conduct of Fire Trainer SIO
MGS Master Gunner Course (T) Precision Fires End State (Pending Approval) Precision Fires Master Gunner Course Tank Leaders Course Bradley Leaders Course
FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 (+) FY13 (-)
1 Oct 1 Oct 1 Oct 1 Oct 1 Oct
Fort Benning, Home of the MCoE
Maneuver Center of Excellence - Team of Soldiers, Families, and Civilians from the Best Army in the World! FORGE THE THUNDERBOLT!
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