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Thought the deployments were going to slow down? Think again. 10th Mountain to replace 82nd in Iraq.
Do you think the ARFORGEN cycle will support the Regionally Aligned Forces?
I see some units being used more than others depending on alignment. I also see a lot of money going to units that are more utilized/deployed more than others.
What do you think?
How does this affect you "choosing" duty assignments?
Will it affect your career if you never move to a "busy" unit?
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/03/30/fort-drum-soldiers-iraq-deployment/70694944/
Do you think the ARFORGEN cycle will support the Regionally Aligned Forces?
I see some units being used more than others depending on alignment. I also see a lot of money going to units that are more utilized/deployed more than others.
What do you think?
How does this affect you "choosing" duty assignments?
Will it affect your career if you never move to a "busy" unit?
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/03/30/fort-drum-soldiers-iraq-deployment/70694944/
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I don't think it will have a large impact on the force as far as reenlistments for a specific duty station as most times a unit is not guaranteed, just the installation.
Concerning RAF, It's better to have zero tanks than to have 3 out of 4 tanks deadlined on the side of the road.....
There's been a lot of changes in USAEUR over the last decade which created the necessity of RAF.
Some units participating in RAF maneuvers brought as few Soldiers as possible, leaving out some of their key critical specialties - regardGraf & less of the patting on the back the units received at the end of the rotation, for the Soldiers on the ground (my unit goes through every RAF rotation) it is very clear when the unit takes a short cut, just hope it will not catch us with our pants down if called upon to go east across two borders....
Concerning RAF, It's better to have zero tanks than to have 3 out of 4 tanks deadlined on the side of the road.....
There's been a lot of changes in USAEUR over the last decade which created the necessity of RAF.
Some units participating in RAF maneuvers brought as few Soldiers as possible, leaving out some of their key critical specialties - regardGraf & less of the patting on the back the units received at the end of the rotation, for the Soldiers on the ground (my unit goes through every RAF rotation) it is very clear when the unit takes a short cut, just hope it will not catch us with our pants down if called upon to go east across two borders....
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I agree with the re-enlistment piece but, I still think it is going to cause "ew I don't want to go there" syndrome more than already exists for some places. Not that it really has an impact on anything but, could weigh on promotions possibly.
There is some cool RAF stuff going on without a doubt. They were talking possible train, assist, and advise teams south of the border before I left Bliss in support of NORTHCOM, as well as some good things with our Canadian brethren up north.
We will see how it all pans out as the Middle East continues to boil. Thanks for the comment CSM!
There is some cool RAF stuff going on without a doubt. They were talking possible train, assist, and advise teams south of the border before I left Bliss in support of NORTHCOM, as well as some good things with our Canadian brethren up north.
We will see how it all pans out as the Middle East continues to boil. Thanks for the comment CSM!
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SGM Oldsen, so, that means that when a unit is tasked to be RAF it does not affect their status in the ARFORGEN? I deal with Readiness and ARFORGEN in regards to FTN Requirements and the GFMAP. My understanding was that during Train/Ready the unit focuses on their METL, then once they are tasked for a mission during the Available status they will go back to Reset upon completion of their mission. Is this not the case for a unit tasked as RAF?
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Well, the map at the top of your post did not load before I wrote this. Is there an article related to this alignment outlook? I am interested to see how this fits into the ARFORGEN and GFMAP processes. I think if the idea is to keep these units assigned to the GCC and the units under each Corps cycle through to support that GCC then we are actually going backwards. The development of JOPES, GFMAP, and ARFORGEN was to ensure flexibility in our National Power. If units focus only on specific regions then they will get tunnel vision and have harder times adapting when more than a single Corps is required by a GCC. If smaller units where tasked it could work in the manner that those units are a small portion of our National Power versus an entire Corps of Force Deployment/Employment Planners. The small units could be specialized in the specified region and either assist by "Opening the Theater" for Major or Limited Combat Operations, or to train other units on those specific requirements for mission success in that region.
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I don't think it change how Sm choose/ request assignment, some Sm look at where they want to be AK, HI or even GM, but in a readiness view its pro and cons, It makes sense as for as moving troop with ease in locations that there assigned to like medical getting shots for the region prior of "movement" now a con I maybe not 100% right but lll Corp is mostly heavy And XVlll Airboure Corp is mostly light and l Corp is medim "stykers" now if area need heavy they need to be able to react fast I understand that each region will have a depot of mrap and bradly and so on, or so we think ie took 90% of heavy has well as HET out of GM. I now trying to react. Sorry a styker will not stop a T-72
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