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The article focuses on the involvement of technical challenges and a cultural change cross numerous parties in transforming the Army Battle Command System (ABCS) from many stovepipe systems to a system of systems in the U.S. It mentions that the ABCS has provided the Program Manager Battle Command (PM BC) architecture necessary for commanders to successfully execute missions. Moreover, it suggests the need for the Army to be organized, controlled, and directed in order to fight and win wars.

The article discusses the impact of high risk manning of military police (MP) on installation security and combat readiness in the U.S. Marine Corps. Topics include the two aspects of the MP community including the garrison law enforcement and the law enforcement battalions, the two-prong threat facing the installation provost marshal offices (PMO) of the Marine Corps, and counterarguments to increasing the number of MP including augmenting PMO with more civilian police officers.

The article discusses the author's insights regarding the operational design for Afghanistan. The author stresses that the operational design should employ district assistance teams (DAT) to provide poverty alleviation, sense of security, and lower the level of violence which will deny the attack of anticoalition militias. It also adds that a clearly defined strategic intent will inform leaders in the U.S. government regarding the end state which will employ limited resources of Afghanistan.

The article offers several views regarding the U.S. Army's Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) that trains brigade combat teams (BCTs) for military operations to Afghanistan including Command Sergeant Majors Christopher Greca and Jeffrey Huggins in 2009. According to Greca, the JRTC provides diverse training to soldiers including situations that they will be facing during their deployment overseas. Huggins stressed that noncommissioned officers are important to the success of the operation.

The article focuses on the importance of targeting to a ship during combat operations. It is critical that a ship's operation cannot manipulate nominal capabilities if it cannot detect targets at the missile's full range. It refers to the discovery of the Soviets that a natural waveguide has the ability to bear X-band signals well beyond the ship's radar horizon. It further mentions the effectiveness of electronic support measures (ESM) after the ship's effort of obtaining greater search time.

The article focuses on the contradiction among key requirements in identifying the main priority of ship's design which are mobility, versatility, and survivability. It notes that mobility influences ship's deployment capability as it imparts for the success of a combat operation. It mentions that the versatility of a naval vessel takes into account its potential to be established as single, dual, and multi-purpose ship. It says that survivability allows a ship's system to remain functional.

The article focuses on the result of the use of Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) fire support integration concept in Afghanistan. It mentions that the MAGTF has internalized the trainings they have gone through and executed it very well in the country. It is realized that MAGTF integration, planning, coordination and execution can overwhelm the enemy. However, it suggests for more tough training and flexibility in response to the future high operational tempo and deployment.

The article assesses the military readiness of the Irish Army in regard to taking military action to intervene in the political unrest of August 1969 taking place in Northern Ireland. A statement made by Neil Blaney, the Irish minister for agriculture, suggesting that an Irish military action across the boarder into Northern Ireland could provoke the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force is discussed. The mobilization of infantry to border stations and the set-up of border field hospitals ordered by the Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch are examined. Lynch is quoted as stating that the Irish Army was ill equipped for an invasion into Northern Ireland. An Irish government directive ordering troops to "train and prepare" for an incursion issued in February 1970 is analyzed. INSETS: Irish army v. B-Specials: an alternative Battle of the Bogside;Justifiable intervention or an illegal invasion?.

The article focuses on the Future Combat System (FCS) of the U.S. Army. It states that the program serve as the cornerstone of the strategy of the army to achieve responsive and dominant forces which can be easily deployed and sustain themselves in field operations. It mentions that FCS includes highly advanced battle vehicles and weapons, such as the unattended ammunitions, unmanned air vehicles, and ground sensor systems.

The article focuses on the duties and services for individual augmentee (IA) Sailor under the U.S. Navy. It discusses the services offered by the Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center (ECRC) to support Sailors on IA assignments, their parent command, and operational chain of command which include training and proactive family support. It presents an overview of the duties, career benefits, training and mandatory requirements of sailors who volunteered for IA duty.

Photographs of several events conducted by the U.S. Air Force including Staff Sergeant David Dier of the First Combat Communication Squadron positioning a defensive stance as part of combat readiness, First Lieutenant Matthew Feeman of the 80th Fighter Squadron playing the role of a downed pilot, and the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet landing on a runway.

The article focuses on the new Operational Training Centres (OTC) of the German Navy. Among the key focus of the training program include career development, sustainability, and operational readiness. The article also discusses the multi-crewing concept, mission modularity, and responsibility of commanding officers in managing the team.

The article provides the author's message as the assistant secretary of the U.S. Army's Manpower and Reserve Affairs. She highlights the Army's policies, plans, and programs for personnel, force structure, and manpower management as well as training, military and civilian personnel readiness, reserve affairs and Army protection. She also discusses total force policy civilian morale, and job satisfaction.

The article discusses that according to Combat Readiness Center, Army lost fewer soldiers to on-duty training accidents in the year 2021.

The article reports that according to an annual assessment by then US Department of Defence, China aims to develop its armed forces to transform the People's Liberation Army into a world-class military by 2049. China pursued objectives throughout 2020 to modernize its armed forces and improve combat readiness, including the capacity to carry out long-range bombers and the ability to conduct sophisticated space, counter space, and cyber capabilities.

The article focuses on the move to resource and equip the U.S. Army to deter adversaries that will use violence to achieve political, religious, economic, and ideological ends. It points out that the Army is embracing stability operations in which they help people build better lives while protecting them from insurgents who see victory on terror and chaos. It discusses strategies in continuing to improve the Army Force Generation process that help increase readiness of the operating force.

The article provides information about the U.S. Army Reserve. The Army Reserve was founded in 1908 and began as a reserve corps of medical officers, developed into a major support network for the active Army and has matured into a full-scale operational scale. Moreover, it discusses the various challenges that confront the Army Reserve, which include transforming the reserve into a skillful operational force and recruiting and retaining the highest-quality force.

The article provides an overview on the Exercise GOOD HOPE III (GH III) off the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The aims of the exercise are to enhance Germany and South Africa's Navies operational readiness and further improve interoperability with other Navies. The deployment also gave 240 embarked midshipment from the Naval Academy. GH III's focused mainly on procedural and training and on integrated tactical maritime operations at task group and unit level.

The article discusses on the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) focus over the Malaysian maritime interests. It cites that RMN vision is to transform the Navy into a credible and balanced naval force with great operational readiness level. It also cites that the force structure development of RMN focuses on capability rather than threat. Moreover, the article also discusses dominant regional and domestic changes that puts some impact in the development of RMN. INSET: ADMIRAL DATUK ABDUL AZIZ BIN HJ JAAFAR.

The article focuses on the role played by the U.S. Army National Guard (ARNG) in providing combat support and service support units to the combatant commanders, the Army and the states. The ARNG maintains to be a significant element of the nation's emergency preparedness network. Its primary goals for the year 2008 center around strength, transformation and equipping. The ARNG is pioneering action to support the training and mobilization of the mobilizing brigade combat teams (BCTs).

The article focuses on the initiatives developed by the federal U.S. government to that the Army remains strong. One of the priorities that drives the government's efforts to grow the Army is to better serve the people. The government is also planning to improve readiness in the existing Army to accompany growth. Other government priorities to improve the Army include transition to an operational reserve and sustaining the momentum of Army modernization.

The article on the plans and programs developed by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command to meet its transformation goals. These transformation objectives revolve around increasing military intelligence (MI) capacity and skills balance, revitalizing Army human intelligence (HUMINT), allowing brigade combat team (BCT) and battalion-level access to all-source information networks and improving MI wartime readiness.

The article discusses some important considerations in mitigating the risk of injury or property damage during an Air Force deployment. It cites several steps involved in the Operational Risk Management (ORM) including the examination of the environment, proper considerations of options to prevent risk and the implementation of appropriate action. It also provides the so-called "Safety 101" prevention steps that can be used at the deployed location.

The article describes the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division's experiences using live-virtual-constructive (LVC) training techniques to train Core mission essential task list (METL). It is noted that the LVC training techniques contain lessons for the future of training in Korea. The live portion of the LVC concept includes soldiers training on real equipment in order to familiarize them with their individual and crew-level skills using their weapons.

The article reports on the development of combat and operational stress control (COSC) program of the 4'th Marine Aircraft Wing (4'th MAW). The program seeks to increase the psychological readiness of the force to mitigate the catastrophic effects of combat stress. It is inferred that the 4'th MAW COSC program is also a way to attain personal and family combat readiness thereby all the people involve in a war may have peace in their mind.

The article discusses the Defense Logistics Agency, which is responsible in delivering American warfighters the right item in the U.S. The DLA's military ability focuses on generating and maintaining combat readiness indefinitely. Moreover, it has a leadership role to build and transform the Dept. of Defense logistics enterprise and delivering world-class supply chain excellence to America's warfighters.

The article examines the combat development process in the U.S. Marine Corps. Focus is made on: relevance and the life cycle of concepts; operational maneuver as a warfighting imperative; and the identification of requirements, assessment of implication, and nomination of new capabilities. The present generation of Marines owe it to the next generation of Marines in providing readiness for the future.

The article focuses on the strategies of the U.S. Armed Forces to equip its military forces for military readiness in war. The U.S. Armed Forces has formed the G 8 that reviews and analyzes military programs and equipment that will be useful for military operations in future combats. The G 8 includes the Army Quadrennial Defense Review Office, Program Analysis & and Evaluation, Force Development and the Center for Army Analysis.

The article focuses on the efforts of an imperative speed up in the modernization and organizational transformation in the U.S. Armed Forces to meet the security challenges of the 21st century. A comprehensive review of the education, training and assignment of soldiers to enhance their attributes and skills and promote cultural awareness and diplomacy. The command systems of the Armed Forces as well as frontline troops were equipped with latest equipment to overcome major offensive attacks.

The article focuses on the efforts of the U.S. Armed Forces to achieve logistics readiness for its military forces. The efforts of the Armed Forces include the upgrading of Army equipment readiness, establishing funding for important logistics automation to replace legacy systems, transforming logistics units to standardized force for wide range capability and the implementation of the Lean Six Sigma and increase logistics business transformation for a return savings for the future of the Army.

The article focuses on the priorities of the G-1 of the U.S. Armed Forces in promoting readiness, recruiting, retaining and transformation of its forces to achieve unit cohesion and operation capability when deployed. The Armed Forces established the life cycle management model wherein soldier's are synchronized into a 36 month period into their assigned unit, then trained and deployed. Recruiting policies were passed which provided referral bonus and increasing enlistment age to 42 years old.

The article focuses on the accomplishments and initiatives that was done by the U.S. Army National Guard (ARNG) to maintain its spectrum operational capability. The ARNG was involved in Task Force Phoenix, the Operation Enduring mission that trained the Afghan National Army. The ARNG carried out initiatives such as the guard recruiting assistance program, comprehensive communication skills and the American soldier advertising campaign to aid in strengthening its military force.

The article focuses on the efforts of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC ) to adapt to change in helping the Future Combat System of the U.S. Armed Forces. It has established the TRADOC Campaign plan (TCP) to modify its counterinsurgency and cultural instructions in all its military training. It has developed its studies, analysis, experimentation and concepts to provide efficiency and capability of the soldier when integrated into individual military units.

The article focuses on the transformation of the U.S. Army Materiel Command into an operational command that provides logistical support to the joint warfighter. It has established the Lean and Six Sigma as its primary tool in producing efficiencies such as a reduced time in Abrams assembly and reduced cost of patriot recapitalization. A small arms repair team was also deployed for direct inspections and repair of unit arms.

The article focuses on the initiatives of the Forces Command as the Army Service component of the U.S. Joint Forces Command to provide well-trained and ready military units to regional combatant commanders. It has gained its momentum in the Armed Forces through creation of new formations, relocation of units and movement to modular designs in military bases in the continental area. Moreover, it has continued to support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, as well as the Horn of Africa.

The article focuses on the transformation of the U.S. Army from a forward-deployed to a nation-based power projection force by consolidating overseas units through stationing. The Army for Installations and Environment has initiated base realignment and closure, global defense posture realignment and the Army Modular Force. Moreover, work places and housings are being modernized to facilitate efficiency in operational, administration, instructional and maintenance facilities.

The article focuses on the efforts of the U.S. Army to sustain an all-volunteer force in both active and reserve components (RC). The top priority of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs is building and continuing to nurture America's Army as the best volunteer in the world. This is evidenced by the mobilization of reserve component units and the rise of retention among RC soldiers.

The article discusses the 29th Infantry Division Artillery Annual Training in June 2005 to meet the demands of the contemporary operational environment. The Army National Guard (ARNG) artillery is training not only for traditional fire support, but also to operate combat support and combat service support elements. Moreover, the training provides framework for other ARNG field artillery for the full-spectrum environment.

Focuses on the transition of the transformation of the U.S. Army from the current to the Future Force. Anticipation of the Army leadership on the dynamic operational environment with the future Army modular force equipped with the Future Combat Systems; Significance of the Army modular force as the true transformation to achieve Future Force availability and capability to respond militarily in this operational environment as exemplified by the Stryker brigade combat teams; Role of the Congress and industry as vital partners in building capabilities and transforming Army forces.

Reports on the prevention of the recurrence of injury or loss of life, according to Colonel Michael Powell, operations director at the United States Army Combat Readiness Center. Education of consumers in how to handle the equipment safely; Reduction of Army accidental fatalities caused by vehicular accidents, be it Army motor vehicles, combat vehicles or privately owned vehicles; Development of safety programs to address driving problems.

Focuses on the status report of military officer Benjamin S. Griffin, Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 of the U.S. Army, on the funding, fielding and equipping the Army's operational requirements. Implementation of the rapid fielding initiative; Improvement of the capabilities and readiness of the Army; Efforts to field and improve equipment needed by Army forces and soldiers engaged in war.

Provides information on Cobra Gold 2004, an annual military exercise led by U.S. and Thai militaries in Thailand. Design of the military exercise to improve combat readiness and interoperability between the U.S. and its Asian allies; Focus of the exercise on peace enforcement, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations; Benefit of military officers on both U.S. and its allies in the military exercises.

Focuses on the conditions of the U.S. Army Second Infantry Division based in the Demilitarized Zone in the Korean Peninsula. Emphasis on combat readiness following diplomatic tensions between the democratic south and the totalitarian north; Integration of South Korean troops into military training programs; Implementation of the Army Incentive Program.

Features the F 124 Sachsen class frigate developed by Blohm+Voss naval shipbuilding company in Germany. Design of the type 124 frigates for escort duties and area air defense; Core of the MEKO design concept; Concentration of the F 124 survivability on the ship's ability to maintain combat readiness after damage; Use of a combined diesel and gas plant comprising of a gas turbine and two diesel engines; Generation of electrical power by four identical generator sets; Control of the propulsion, electrical system and support equipment by the new Integrated Monitoring and Control System that ensures permanent status identification and control of the ship's internal technical components.