Army Force Generation

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Army Force Generation within Joint Force
Provider
General Dan K. McNeill Commanding General, US
Army Forces Command Remarks to NGAUS 19 SEP 05
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Strategic Landscape. trained, ready, relevant
modular capabilities.
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Repetitive Generation Of Forces from CONUS
Protracted War
Global Force Pool
Strategic Wild Cards
Shorter Response Times/Full Spectrum Agility
Constrained Resources -- People, Equip,
Infrastructure, Time Available
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Joint Force Provider Process

• Joint Intent
• provide strategic guidance and oversight
• prioritize COCOM rotational requirements assess
  risk
• provide joint sourcing solution recommendations
  through a single coordinated process

• Army Intent
• Ready for What
• Resourced for What
• Report readiness against What

Mission assigned under JFP
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Joint Force Provider Process

• Army Challenges
• Meeting force requirements
• Restructuring (modularizing) the force while
  feeding the fight
• Equipping, Manning (shooting behind the
  target)
• Cross-leveling
• Prioritizing/allocating shortages
• Handling unwieldy Alert/Mob/Deploy Processes
• Rebalancing AC/RC

mandate the need for an Army Force
Generation approach that synchronizes
requirements to predictable available modular
forces in a logical, systemic process ARFORGEN
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Structuring The Force
Generating Ready Forces
Institutional Army
Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN)
A structured progression of increased unit
readiness over time, resulting in recurring
periods of availability of trained, ready, and
cohesive units prepared for operational
deployment in support of regional combatant
commander requirements.

• Intent
• Rapidly deployable, agile and expeditionary
  forces
• Availability of adequate AC and RC follow-on
  forces
• Right mix of capabilities trained, ready,
  relevant

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ARFORGEN as the Drive Train -- Concept of
Operations

• 1) Align all validated requirements to Force
  Pools
• 2) Task organize modular formations for training
  and mission preparation as soon as possible
  (dynamic, iterative process)
• 3) Coordinate schedules, resources, readiness
  assessments
• Codify (Orders) at ARFORGEN Synch Conference

Strat Lift
Deploy
Mission Execution
RCC Requirements
RSOI
Source
Equip
Mob Process
MRX
Test Research
Train
Fund
Exercises
Training/ Readiness/ Sustainment
Man
Return from Deployed mission to Reset/Train
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Requirements-Driven, Capabilities-Based Construct
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Cyclical Approach, R-Day Reset
Trained Ready Modular Capabilities
ITERATIVE DECISION MAKING BEST TASK
ORG
Validated Rqmts
AVAIL POOL
READY POOL
(1 Year)
DEF (DEPLOYED)
DEF
DEF
DEF
Theater METL/RCC Focus
R-DAY
DEF
DEF (DEPLOYED)
DEF
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Deploy
DEF
Return to Reset/Train
Task Organization Adjustments
Request for Forces
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Core METL Focus
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CEF
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Return to Reset/Train
CSA Corollary Every unit is focused against
future mission(s) as early as possible in
ARFORGEN process, then task organized into
Expeditionary Force Packages
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Preparing Army Forces for the Joint Mission
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• Expanded integration of Joint Forces at the
  Maneuver Combat Training Centers under the JNTC
  Program
• - 3rd Infantry Division JNTC/JRTC Air
  Warrior II MRE Rotation (MRE) 04-09 in August 04
  Air Force, USMC, and SOF.
• - 10th Mountain JNTC/JRTC Air Warrior II
  Rotation (MRE) 05-05 March 05 Air Force and
  SOF.
• - 4th Infantry Division JNTC/NTC Air
  Warrior I Rotation (MRE) 05-10 in September 05
  Air Force, Navy, USMC, and SOF.
• UEx training as Joint HQs UE 05-03 MRX 19 Jul-2
  Aug 05.
• JNTC Program Centric Accreditation of Army CTCs.
• - BCTP Ongoing working Joint Cell
  Augmentation to BCTP for
• sustained BCTP JNTC training capability to
  support JFCOM.
• - NTC AW I Oct-Dec 05.
• - JRTC AW II May-Aug 05.
• - CMTC Sep-Nov 05.

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ARFORGEN Value Added to the Army
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Modular Brigade Based
Division Based
Past Practices (Bands of Excellence)
Evolving Practices (Progressive Readiness)

• Tiered Resourcing (AC RC) Different
  Levels of Readiness (against one metric)
• Equipment shortages spread across the force
• Fire Hose Manning/Lack of Stabilization
• Stovepipe CTCs (collaborate by exception)

• Ready For What Resourced For What
• (progressive metrics)
• Equipment Pools -- maneuver units and resources
  to the right training location
• Unit Manning Cycle (Where Applicable)/ Improved
  Family Stabilization/Better Predictability
• Holistic, Collective Training Program
  (synergistic collaboration as the norm)
• Focus power generation resources/infra-
• structure on selected PGP/PGSPs.most bang for
  the buck
• Reporting Ready for What.understand units
  readiness given its force pool and mission focus
  

LEADERSHIP MAKES IT WORK
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ARFORGEN - Value Added to JFP
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• Improved predictability of available forces
• Process priority driven by JFP Mission
• Ready ForWhat JFP Mission
• Resourced For What JFP Mission (progressive
  metrics)
• Reporting Readiness for What JFP Mission .
  understanding of units readiness given its
  force pool and mission focus
• Provides forces for continuous full spectrum opns
• Retains capability to surge combat power for MCOs

Army Force Generation synchronizing
requirements to predictable available modular
forces in a logical, systemic process
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Linked Back-up Slides
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Reset / Train Force Pool
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• The initial ARFORGEN Force Pool includes modular
  units that redeploy from long term operations,
  are directed to reset/train, or are experiencing
  significant personnel and/or equipment changes or
  reorganization and are unable to sustain Ready or
  Available Force capability levels.
• Reset/Train begins at R-Day, usually associated
  with leadership transitions. R-day is recommended
  by FORSCOM, approved by HQDA, with the date
  established by official order.

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Ready Force Pool
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• The second Force Pool includes those modular
  units which have been assessed as "Ready" at
  designated capability levels (from training and
  readiness gates) to conduct mission preparation
  and higher level collective training with other
  operational headquarters. They are eligible for
  sourcing, may be mobilized if required, and can
  be trained, equipped, resourced and committed, if
  necessary, to meet operational (surge)
  requirements.

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Available Force Pool
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• The third Force Pool includes those modular units
  which have been assessed as Available at
  designated capability levels (from training and
  readiness gates) to conduct mission execution
  under any RCC. ALL AC AND RC UNITS (CBT/CS/CSS)
  PASS THROUGH THE AVAILABLE FORCE POOL WINDOW OF
  TIME (1YEAR). They are sourced against an
  operational requirement or focused on a
  contingency requirement. AC units are available
  for immediate deployment and RC units are
  available for alert/mob/required post-mob
  training validation/deployment. At the end of
  their respective Available Force Pool time, all
  units return to the Reset/Train Force Pool.

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Deployment Expeditionary Force (DEF) Package
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• Task organized units designed to execute planned
  operational requirements and those currently
  executing deployed missions to include HLD/HLS.
  (Note RC units in a DEF are sourced against a
  future requirement, have been alerted for
  mobilization, or are currently mobilized)

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Ready Expeditionary Force(REF) Package
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• Task organized units, under a HICON, designed to
  train/prepare for potential future operational
  requirements or task organized to best execute
  full spectrum training.

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Contingency Expeditionary Force (CEF) Package
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• Remaining (not in a DEF) Available Force Pool
  units, task organized to meet operational plans
  and contingency requirements. These forces are
  capable of rapid deployment but are not yet
  alerted to deploy (AC) or alerted for
  mobilization (RC). CEF forces will transition
  into DEF(s) if alerted.

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Backup
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Yesterday Band of Excellence

• Eagles and Ducks
• An ALO Army
• Unambiguous Warning, Predictability, Days to
  Train
• Train/Alert/Mob/PMTP/Deploy

Today/Tomorrow ARFORGEN
AVAILABLE
READY
TRAIN
RESET

• Everybody gets to be an Eagle
• AC/RC equipment interoperability
• Ambiguity, Uncertainty must Flexibility
• Train/Alert/Mob/MRE (reduce time!)/Deploy

Ready for What Resourced for What
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• Todays Challenge.
• Modularizing while feeding the fight
• Equipping, Manning shooting behind the target
  (for now)
• Cross-levelling
• SBE, LBE, ONS.prioritizing/allocating shortages
• Unwieldy Alert/Mob/Deploy Processes
• Need for AC/RC Rebalancing
• Requirements are for Units and IAs

Socannot wait to do things differently..
Must start to build the bridge (to ARFORGEN)
while we are walking across it!!
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ARFORGEN Mission and Execution

• The Army fulfills its strategic commitments
  while it transforms its training, sourcing,
  resourcing, and deployment processes to support
  continuous operations.
• Decisive effort is the development and
  synchronization of the ARFORGEN process driven
  by operational requirements that
• Resources units through operational readiness
  cycles,
• Accounts for all Army active and reserve
  conventional forces through sequential force
  pools,
• Focuses units toward future missions as early as
  possible,
• Task organizes these units into expeditionary
  force packages (managed to corresponding
  ready for what/resourced for what metrics),
  and then
• Deploys them as tailored force capabilities to
  meet RCC requirements.

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ARFORGEN Templates

• Maneuver Brigade Combat Teams
• Support Brigades
• Maneuver Enhancement Bdes
• Fires Bdes
• Sustainment Bdes
• Battlefield Surveillance Bdes
• Multi-functional Aviation Bdes
• Functional Brigades
• UEx HQS

Modular Brigade Based
Readiness Metrics Training Events/Force Pool
Gates, Manning, Equipping
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Progressively (1) Improved Readiness
(2) Mission Focus
Trained Ready Modular Capabilities
ITERATIVE DECISION MAKING BEST TASK
ORG
Validated Rqmts
AVAIL POOL
READY POOL
RESET/TRAIN POOL
(1 Year)
DEF (DEPLOYED)
DEF
DEF
DEF
Theater METL/RCC Focus
KNOWN OPERATIONAL REQMTS
DEF
DEF (DEPLOYED)
DEF
Semi-Annual
(DEPLOYED)
Deploy
DEF
ARFORGEN Synch Conf
Task Organization Adjustments
Request for Forces
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CONPLANS ROTATIONS EXERCISES EXPERIMENTS OTHERS
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Core METL Focus
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CEF
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