ARMY - Full Spectrum Relevance and Readiness

Abstract

To be relevant. our Army organization needs to be able both to demonstrate and to articulate its relevance. Relevance is a fragile asset of our Army. We need to seek opportunities to demonstrate our relevance to the military and political climate of the future. Relevance is required across the full spectrum of future Army operations. However, relevance alone is not sufficient. The Army needs to be ready for operations spanning this full spectrum of operations. Readiness is only achieved when leaders know their missions, have the required resources, training, and preparation for those missions, and finally execute those assigned missions with vigor and professionalism. The issue of Army readiness came to public attention when in the fall of 1999 two divisions reported they were "C-4". They were "C-4" or not prepared to go to war because of the ongoing peace operation that they were either in the process of conducting or because they were recovering from the peace operation that they had recently competed. Readiness for MTW operations is not sufficient. We must prepare to engage a full spectrum of operations, we can no longer afford to only prepare for war and treat all the other operations as missions to be accomplished "on the fly". A systematic approach to Army readiness is developed and proposed in this paper. Readiness without relevance gives way to useless organizations. Relevance without readiness gives way to inept organizations. The Army of the new millennium needs to both demonstrate and articulate its relevance as well as adopting a system that readies it for dominance across the full spectrum of operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377946

Entities

People

  • Scott T. Forster

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combat Support
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Force Structure
  • Health Services
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Probability
  • Recruiting
  • Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies