CSS Modularity- The Unintended Consequences

Abstract

The Army Modularity movement that created the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) greatly enhanced the capabilities of the BCT by creating cohesive teams that trained and deployed together at the Brigade Level. Based upon the success of the BCT concept, Task Force Logistics designed modular Sustainment Brigades. However, when the Army implemented CSS modularity the result was that Brigades and Battalions were torn apart during the sourcing process and deployed piecemeal. This has had the opposite effect on unit training and cohesion that the proponents of modularity originally intended. By making basic changes to the sourcing, pre-deployment training and resourcing process the negative effects of modularity can be reduced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553061

Entities

People

  • Christopher O. Mohan

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Battles
  • Cohesion
  • Combat Forces
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Education
  • Iraqi-War
  • Logistics
  • Students
  • Sustainment
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.