America's Army in Europe: A New Future?

Abstract

This paper examines the purpose of our Army in Europe and proposes new ideas for the near-term as we transform to the objective force. Despite significant down sizing after the collapse of the Soviet Union, some critics argue that we still do not have the right Army forces in Europe. They question whether our current structure there is suited to sufficiently meet our nation's strategic security needs and perhaps consumes resources that could be better spent elsewhere. Herein lies the crux of the issue, particularly as we transform the Army to face a future that portends a plethora of unconventional and asymmetric threats to global security. This effort examines the purpose of our Army on the continent vis-a-vis our NATO obligations and proposes an interim organizational concept for the near-term as we transform to the objective force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404544

Entities

People

  • Raymond P. Palumbo

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Combat Forces
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Students
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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