Future Modular Force

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Future Modular Force 12 July 2007
Rickey Smith Director, Army Capabilities
Integration Center (Forward) US Army Training and
Doctrine Command
TRADOC Victory Starts Here !
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Spectrum of Operations in 21st Century
SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT
Increasing Violence
OPERATIONAL TYPES
OPERATIONAL THEMES
SPECTRUM OF OPERATIONS
FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS
OFFENSE
OFFENSE
STABILITY
OFFENSE
STABILITY
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
DEFENSE
STABILITY
DEFENSE
STABILITY
DEFENSE
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Who Will We Face?Where Will We Operate?

• Operational Complexity
• Enemies who have gone to school on U.S.
  operations
• Traditional and Irregular
• Protracted, simultaneous, full spectrum
  operations in difficult/diverse terrain

• Enemies Will Seek to
• Deter US involvement
• Isolate US from local support or allies
• Block entrance to country or lure US into their
  zone

• Adaptive, Asymmetric Threat
• Some Niche capabilities better than ours
• Info Operations
• No rules

• Second Lebanon War Insights (Hezbollah)
• Complex terrain fight in their zone
• Relied on low visibility and prepared defenses
• Relied on own secure lines of communication and
  predicted Israeli ground approaches
• Massed Rockets, ATGMs, RPGs, and Mortars (low
  tech new ways)

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Designing the Maneuver ForceVersatile and
Complementary Capabilities
Light Brigades (Airborne, Air Assault, Light,
Light Cavalry)
Heavy Brigades (Armor, Armored Cavalry,
Mechanized)
Past

• Open or Mixed Terrain
• Offensive, defensive, and security (screen,
  guard, cover) operations.
• Against either conventional or irregular forces
• Premium on mobile protected firepower balanced
  with dismounted infantry

• In or Near Urban Terrain
• Offensive, defensive, and security missions
• Against either conventional or irregular forces
• Balance between strategic, operational, and
  tactical mobility
• Premium is on infantry strength and mechanical
  transport
• Mobile protected firepower
• Homeland defense and civil support (e.g. disaster
  relief)

• Restrictive Terrain (Mountains, Jungles, Forests)
• Offensive and defensive operations.
• Against either conventional or irregular forces
• Premium on strategic mobility
• Premium is on infiltration by foot and air
  assault mobility
• Homeland defense and civil support (e.g. disaster
  relief)

Heavy Brigade Combat Team
Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Stryker Brigade Combat Team
Modular
All modular BCTs have utility in stability and
reconstruction operations
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Evolving Network-Enabled Battle Command
CAPABILITIES
FCS BCT Over 20x increase in ISR improves the
units Quality of Information (See First).The
network enables Shared Situational Understanding
(Understand First) and Force Effectiveness (Act
First).
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Future Force Capstone Concept Army in Joint
Operations - 2015 - 2024
TRADOC Pam 525-3-0

• THE PROBLEM
• Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous Strategic
  Environment.
• Full Spectrum Dominance Transformation Guidance.
• Complex Threats with Robust Anti-access
  Capabilities.
• Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Context.
• Concurrent Operational Requirements
  Expeditionary Capabilities and Campaign Qualities.

• SOLUTION SYNOPSIS
• Shaping and Entry Operations
• Operational Maneuver from Strategic Distances
• Intratheater Operational Maneuver
• Decisive Maneuver
• Concurrent and Subsequent Stability Operations
• Distributed Support and Sustainment
• Network-Enabled Battle Command

Key Enablers Joint Interdependencies
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FCS Force Operational Contributions

• Operational Maneuver
• Increases operational reach
• Direct engagement of decisive points
• Allows simultaneous, dispersed operations
• Continuous operations and controlled tempo
• Plan, rehearse while moving
• Immediate transition to tactical fight
• Isolate vital and weakly defended points
• Avoid adversary strengths / actions
• Reduce collateral damage
• Flexibility
• Combines tempo, surprise, and combined arms
• Balances mounted and dismounted
• Enables rapid adaptations and transitions
• Speed of Decision / Action
• Enables surprise changes battlefield geometry
• Adjusts tempo for multiple repetitions of offense
  / defense

Desert Storm Deconflicted Joint
Operations Months
Operation Iraqi Freedom Integrated Joint
Operations Months to Weeks
Future Force Interdependent Joint
Operations Weeks to Days
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FCS Brigade Combat Teams --Full Spectrum Force
As of 19 Oct 06
HQ
BIC
BSB
Brigade Intelligence Communications
Reconnaissance, Surveillance Target Acquisition
Headquarters
Non-Line of sight
Brigade Support Battalion
Combined Arms Battalion
DEVELOPMENTAL DESIGN
August 2006 FMI 3-90.9, FCS BCT Operations,
Initial Draft 15 Aug 2006 focused on 2014
capabilities
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FBCT Designed for Complex Environments

• Compared to Todays Heavy Brigade
• 10X More Unmanned Assets
• 6X More Sensors . . . All Networked
• 2X More Infantry Soldiers in Squads
• 3X More Reliable and Maintainable
• Next Generation Manned Ground Vehicles
• Increased lethality and survivability
• Chemical/Bio Hardened
• 360 degree hemispheric Active Protection
• Nodes for sharing information carries most of
  the sensors

Lighter, Faster, and Increased Mobility
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Future Combat Systems
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV)
Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV)
Class I UAV
Class IV UAV
Mounted Combat System (MCS)
Reconnaissance And Surveillance Vehicle (RSV)
Unattended Systems (US)
T-UGS
U-UGS
Non-Line of Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS)
Common Chassis
Tactical and Urban Unattended Ground Sensors
Non-Line of Sight Mortar (NLOS-M)
Non-Line of Sight Cannon (NLOS-C)
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV)
MULE-C
MULE-T
Multifunction Utility/ Logistics and Equipment
Countermine and Transport
Medical Vehicle Treatment (MV-T)
Small (Manpackable) UGV
FCS Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle (FRMV)
Armed Robotic Vehicle Assault (Light) (ARV-A
(L))
Medical Vehicle Evacuation (MV-E)
12-19-06
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Urban Unattended Ground Sensors
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Tactical Unattended Ground Sensors
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Army Evaluation Task ForceBringing FCS to Life
Developing New Doctrine and TTPs
Doctrine
Personnel Facilities
Organization
Executing Network Enabled Operations
Training
Leadership
Materiel
Real Soldiers and Leaders
Operating in live and virtual events
To deliver real answers
Conducting Integrated Training
Evaluating Materiel
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What Isnt Changing
The Soldier is the Centerpiece of All Our Units

• Everything we do is designed to support the
  Soldier
• A heritage of fighting and winning our Nations
  Wars
• Traditions reflected in our units lineage and
  honors