Tactical Flexibility: Where? Why?
Abstract
This monograph examines the development of tactical organizations and where organizations flexibility was structured and why it was focused there. The 1986 version of FM 100-5 OPERATIONS focuses on the corps as the U.S. Army's largest tactical formation. With the current corps filling some of the roles of the WW II field army, and the division and brigade structures not similarly evolving, it appears there exists a void which was filled by the WW II corps. Additionally, tactical dynamics on the battlefield have significantly changed since the adoption of the fixed division, flexible brigade concept. The monograph begins with a theoretical examination of tactical flexibility nd organizational structure. A historical study of how the U.S. Army achieved tactical flexibility through the organizational structure of the division follows. This historical study examines how the U.S. Army's divisional organization has changed from WW I to the ROAD organization (fixed division, flexible brigade) used today, with an emphasis on the structure of tactical flexibility. Keywords: Force structure; Force design; Brigade level organizations; Division level organizations; Armor.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 19, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA225421
Entities
People
- Anthony S. Lieto
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College