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The reorganization plan of the United States Army was implemented from 2006 to 2016 under the direction of the Brigade Modernization Command.
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
Sen. Barry Goldwater (R—AZ) and Rep. William Flynt Nichols (D—AL-4), the co-sponsors of the Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986. The Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of October 4, 1986 (Pub. L. 99–433; signed by President Ronald Reagan) made the most sweeping changes to the United States Department of Defense since the department was established in the National ...
the Army will lead concept development for contested logistics. [184] [185] [186] Gen. Van Ovost, commander of United States Transportation Command briefs Kathleen Hicks, 35th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense about the mission of her combatant command [n]
The Army's maneuver organization was most recently altered by the reorganization of United States Army Alaska into the 11th Airborne Division, transferring the 1st and 4th Brigade Combat Teams of the 25th Infantry Division under a separate operational headquarters to reflect the brigades' distinct, Arctic-oriented mission.
The West German Army attempted reorganization around the pentomic structure in 1957, abandoning the idea within a few years. [14] After the signature of the Pact of Madrid with the United States, the Spanish Army abandoned the organization inherited from the Spanish Civil War to adopt the pentomic structure. Three experimental pentomic infantry ...
The National Defense Act of 1920 (or Kahn Act) was sponsored by United States Representative Julius Kahn, Republican of California. This legislation updated the National Defense Act of 1916 to reorganize the United States Army and decentralize the procurement and acquisitions process for equipment, weapons, supplies and vehicles. It was passed ...
U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command (JMC) was established as the Future Force Integration Directorate (FFID) on June 15, 2006 at Fort Bliss, Texas as a result of a Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) directive to United States Army Training and Doctrine Command .