U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, walk to a C-130J Super Hercules to prepare to jump during Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-03, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 24, 2013. JOAX is aThe old is new again.
joint training exercise designed to prepare elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, along with its partners and enablers, to respond as part of the Global Response Force (GRF).
These were once called Division Ready Brigades (DRB). They had an entire concept from a Division Ready Company (DRC) being ready to go in 12 hours, the DRB in 18 and the Battalion (the Army has their Brigades and Battalions mixed up) in 36. I'm not sure and don't want to find the DVD where I remember hearing this from out, but the entire Division was suppose to be ready in 72 hours. Personally I'd love to see a readiness exercise for the whole Division. That would be a cluster fuck from hell.
But they're reviving it but with a twist. They also respond to disasters.
This is direct competition to our MEU's that we are not fully equipping to meet new challenges while our leadership is focused on the MEB and sea basing. The Army and Air Force will drink our beer if we don't get serious real quick. Photos below are from the JOAX going on now. More to come once I find 'em.
USAF is too busy parking aircraft and feeding and watering flag-ranks and SES.
ReplyDeletetrue...you suffer the same issues as the Marines in that regard (leadership) but the problem is all it takes is one hard charging officer that just doesn't give a fuck and then all hell is gonna break loose. junior officers will go maverick following his example and NCO's and SNCO's will start doing things the way the know they're suppose to be done.
Deleteall it takes is one. i don't know who it will be but someone will come along and call current leaders pussies and the change to real military values will be on
dude, the 82nd has had that mission since time immemorial, and unless a MEU is right there they will have a faster response time.
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way, the army could claim that the marines are trying to assume the army mission of land operations.