Task Force Groupings vs. Fixed Strength Units

Abstract

The need for speedy action in combat, the advantages of a flexible unit of small size under greater control, the desirability of getting away from concentrations of troops in future wars, have created in the minds of some the idea that combat teams, properly reinforced, are more effective as combat units than the normal infantry division. The problem is, then, whether the present fixed strength division should be retained and broken up into task force groupings when necessary, or whether it would be better to organize as task force groupings at the outset, and eliminate fixed strength divisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1954
Accession Number
AD1120239

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  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Attachment
  • Composite Materials
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Infantry
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Military Organizations
  • Personnel Management
  • Standards
  • Task Forces
  • Teamwork
  • Training
  • Warfare

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