Loss of Warfighting Capability at the Chinook Company Level
Abstract
To keep up with the ever-changing face of battle, the United States Army, like most warfighting organizations, has undergone significant transformation in the past few years. In an effort to enhance combined arms operations at the tactical level, assets typically assigned at the Corps or echelons above Corps (EAC) level have been realigned to provide direct support to the Army's 10 active divisions. Within the Army Aviation transformation process, the CH-47D Chinook company is one such warfighting organization that has been moved from Corps to Division level. To facilitate this move, individual Chinook companies have changed from the H-series Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) to the J-series MTOE, resulting in a significant loss of warfighting capability at the company level of employment. The post-transformation CH-47D company, now with 12 aircraft instead of 16, has lost a disproportionate amount of senior leadership and all operational and logistical assets that made the company self-sustainable. In the Army's attempt to become more flexible for task organization and more modular at the company level, it has crippled one of the most robust company-level organizations it possessed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 07, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA504097
Entities
People
- J. W. Mccombs
Organizations
- Marine Corps University