So, a corps of 635 troops — I guess that’s 3 divisions of 210, each division has 3 brigades of 70, each brigade has 3 battalions of 23-24, each battalion has 3 companies of 7-8, and each company has 3 or 4 platoons of 2 guys each. Sounds legit.
Lol. There wouldn’t be a single enlisted man given those numbers. Lots of do nothing jobs though so Pentagon Warriors can become Generals.
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Fire teams of one are a little weak on teamwork.
The 635 number is for the corps headquarters battalion only. This includes personnel to deploy, man, and secure up to three command posts (forward, main, rear).
It also includes the corps staff— which typically includes the G1, (personnel), G2 (intelligence). G3 (operations), G4 (sustainment), G5 (plans), G6 (Signal/communications), G7 (training), G8 (Resourcing/Finance), plus public affairs, chaplain, provost marshal, corps engineer etc....
The number of troops under the corps is directly dependent upon the assigned mission. It can go from 15K up to 100K.
For perspective, our Army, when you add up the Regular Army, National Guard, and Army Reserve, is currently just over 1,000,000 soldiers.
The three current corps HQs have been stretched to meet Army requirements. They are each are partly responsible for overseeing operations/training for a portion of the Army’s 18 (10 active, 8 National Guard divisions), plus the dozens of active, reserve, and national guard separate brigades. There are dedicated training commands, but the corps, as operational/tactical headquarters, have a role too.
Then each corps also has had to rotate overseas to oversee the counter-ISIS fight.
V Corps will now oversee the Army’s tactical units in Europe, and will probably get an oversight role for a share of active, reserve, and guard units in the U.S