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U.S. Army: 95% of Brigade Combat Teams Unprepared to Fight Immediately
Breitbart National Security ^
| 2/8/17
| Edwin Mora
Posted on 02/08/2017 5:15:59 PM PST by markomalley
Only three of the 58 U.S. Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) are capable of immediately joining the fight in the event of a major conflict, Gen. Daniel Allyn, vice chief of staff of the Army, told lawmakers.
According to the general, about one-third of the 58 BCTs in the Army, the largest U.S. military branch, are deemed ready, but only three of those could be called upon to fight tonight in the event of a crisis.
The rest would require about 30 days to prepare. That means only about five percent of brigade combat teams are ready to engage in immediate combat in the event of a major conflict.
Gen. Allyn also warned that only one-fourth of the Armys Combat Aviation Brigades and half our the branchs Division Headquarters are ready to carry out their duties, noting that due to budget cuts and constraints the soldiers can only do what the country requires of them while assuming high risk.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: army; dod; military
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Thanks, Barry. Thanks a lot.
I seem to remember a day when C-2 was a minimum standard of readiness (and being less than C-1 was cause for some "help" for a commander).
But I guess C-4 is now the minimum standard. Everybody gets a trophy for participation, even in FORSTAT/SORTS/GSORTS (depending upon your age)
To: markomalley
I would like to know the sources of this information....I may be an old bastard, but in my day SORTS reporting was CLASSIFIED information!
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:18:54 PM PST
by
MagUSNRET
To: markomalley
It's been this way for years. Sequestration made it even worse.
The military in this nation has been punished, cut, feminized, labled rapists for cheap political gain, and forced to "celebrate" sodomy and homosexuality.
50% of all cuts had to be paid out by the military, which is only 15% of all spending.
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:20:14 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: markomalley
Eight years of a Commander-In-Chief who didn't even try to *hide* his contempt for the Armed Forces.So,there's no way this should be a surprise.
To: markomalley
great we are telling the world this info /s
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:22:13 PM PST
by
b4me
(If Jesus came to set us free, why are so many professed Believers still in chains?)
To: MagUSNRET
I would like to know the sources of this information....I may be an old bastard, but in my day SORTS reporting was CLASSIFIED information! The sources of the information was an open briefing by the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army to Congress.
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:22:35 PM PST
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: markomalley
Yeah that’s right tell our enemies how unprepared we are for them...
To: markomalley
But the Army still has $$$ to send Brigade sized units on boondoggle “training exercises” with South Africa set up by Obama’s diplomats.
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:24:02 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: markomalley
I am not certain I believe that three BCTs are fully ready.
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:24:39 PM PST
by
jospehm20
To: TADSLOS
I feel like this has usually been the way, other then cold war days in Europe only the ready brigade of the 82nd airborne is usually on alert right?
To: jospehm20
They only are if they pull assets from other Brigades.
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:26:23 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
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To: markomalley
And how long has the vice Chief I Staff of the Army known this?
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:26:25 PM PST
by
Terry Mross
(Now I understand how dictators gain power. Eventually people want some relief from the idiots.)
To: markomalley
We had 92 Army divisions during World War II and a division has three brigades. That’s not counting the Marines. NINETY TWO. From a much smaller country than now.
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:27:03 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...
To: Jet Jaguar; celtic gal; vette6387; unkus; SkyPilot
General Mad Dog Mattis will deal with this in short order.
To: Terry Mross
And how long has the vice Chief I Staff of the Army known this? Oh, I'd say about 8 years.
A better question is Who, exactly, in the previous administration ordered him to cover this up?
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:29:24 PM PST
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: markomalley
markomalley :" Thanks, Barry. Thanks a lot.
I seem to remember a day when C-2 was a minimum standard of readiness (and being less than C-1 was cause for some "help" for a commander).
But I guess C-4 is now the minimum standard."
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02/08/2017 5:30:38 PM PST
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
To: markomalley
markomalley :" Thanks, Barry. Thanks a lot.
I seem to remember a day when C-2 was a minimum standard of readiness (and being less than C-1 was cause for some "help" for a commander).
But I guess C-4 is now the minimum standard."
No wonder that Barry was talking like a "war hawk" with three weeks left as a "Lame Duck" !
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02/08/2017 5:31:29 PM PST
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Tilted Irish Kilt
(Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
To: orionrising
No, even in the darkest days of the Carter years, our first line active component Divisions in Europe, Korea and CONUS were manned, trained and equipped to at least C-2 and every Division maintained a ready brigade for immediate deployment.
The Army hasn't been this broke since the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950.
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02/08/2017 5:33:43 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: LucyT; Whenifhow; WildHighlander57; ExTexasRedhead
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posted on
02/08/2017 5:33:46 PM PST
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Tilted Irish Kilt
(Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
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