Army Force Design 2030 Initiative creates 5 new divisions....The JLTV might get chopped...

 via Congressional Report on the JLTV

The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle replaced the Humvee and is already in service across multiple Department of Defense branches.

“The Army’s current modernization strategy is primarily focused on six modernization priorities that do not include the JLTV,” the report explains. “Furthermore, the Army announced in January 2022 that under the Army 2030 Force Design Initiative, the Army would either redesignate existing divisions or create new divisions into five new types of divisions.”

These five new types include Standard Light, Standard Heavy, Penetration, Joint Force Entry Air Assault, and Joint Force Entry Airborne.

“The Army also announced in May 2022 that it would create a new Alaska-based division, the 11th Airborne Division, by activating new units and reconfiguring two Alaska-based Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs). With the creation of new division types and an additional division in Alaska, it is possible that the Army’s requirement for JLTVs could change significantly.”

As a part of the commandant of the Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 vision, the Marine Corps is moving from a large, land-based force optimized for the kinds of grinding, long-term campaigns that defined the United States’ involvement in the Middle East to its roots as a maritime force.

As a part of that change, the Marine Corps is returning to its amphibious heritage and divesting platforms that would not survive in a littoral environment. To that end, the Corps has divested all its tank battalions, as well as much of its artillery and tube mortar capabilities. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle could be next.

“With the Marine Corps downsizing in accordance with its March 2020 Force Design Initiative and adoption of a more expeditionary posture (possibly requiring fewer JLTVs), original JLTV procurement plans for both the Army and Marine Corps might no longer be accurate.

Well, well, well...this kinda explains why the Brits have dropped the JLTV from consideration.

I've long suspected that the British MOD was trying to tie itself at the hip to the Pentagon and this confirms it for me.  I've seen enough.

Want to know where the Pentagon is going?  Follow the puppies in the British MOD.  They're not moving in any direction that the Pentagon isn't going.

Of course this brings up the question.

Are the Brits worth this "partnership"?  Do they bring enough to the fight to have them almost directly integrated with our forces?

To be blunt, I see the French forces as being more capable and just as compatible.

Is there any benefit besides the historic alignment which indicates that this is a profitable, beneficial relationship to the US?

The Aussies punch above their own weight and they're in the theater of concern.  So are the Japanese and the S. Koreans. If we're talking about Europe then the French (again), the Poles, Netherlands and perhaps even Finland might be as capable (or more) partners.

Just throwing it out there.