Maneuver Enhancement Brigade: The Quest for Legitimacy
Abstract
In the fall of 2003, the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Peter J. Schoomaker ordered the U.S. Army, to begin the process of converting the Army to a modular, brigade-based force. Under the lead of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), General Schoomaker directed the conversion to be swift and to not utilize the Army's more deliberate force development methods. At the heart of the brigade-based structure, the Brigade Combat Team (BCT), (Heavy, Infantry and Stryker), would drive the transformation efforts and would answer the continual call as the decisive combat element on the modern battlefield. Supporting these BCTs were five doctrinally identified modular support brigades: Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Fires Brigade, Combat Aviation Brigade, Sustainment Brigade and Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. As the support brigades evolved they would begin to demonstrate their relevance in the modular force. It is the evolution of the Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, its demonstration of relevance and its quest for legitimacy that serves as the focus of this Strategic Research Project.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA520081
Entities
People
- Jeffrey P. Marlette
Organizations
- United States Army War College