Building an Airplane While It's Flying: Interim Lessons Learned on Activating a Battalion Already Slated to Deploy

Abstract

A popular advertisement of Electronic Data Systems Corporation refers to the challenges of building an airplane while it's flying. Standing up an engineer battalion from scratch, that is on a planning deployment document the day it activates, can be as difficult a challenge. What follows is one version of what faces a commander and his staff when starting a unit and building it from the ground up, as well as some suggestions on a plan of action and issues to be aware of. Department of the Army (DA), major commands, and installation staff officers may read this article and see where their actions can impact and influence future activations of the Engineer Regiment in a positive manner.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA596624

Entities

People

  • Courtney W. Paul
  • Jason S. Denney

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Processing Equipment
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Military Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics