US Army Organization and Force Structure Steele Arbeeny

US Army Organization and Force Structure Steele Arbeeny SSG FA VCASNY

US Army Current Strength ~1. 1 M Soldiers (2014) National Guard; 450, 000 Reserves; 250, 000 Active Duty; 450, 000

Organization • The only way to manage and organization that big is to break it down into smaller pieces.

Unit Structures

Team Leader Rifleman Automatic Rifleman Grenadier

Squad Graphic Symbol Squad Leader Team Leader Rifleman Automatic Rifleman Grenadier

Platoon Graphic Symbol Platoon Leader Platoon Sergeant Squad Leader

AKA Troop (Cav) Battery (Artillery) Company Graphic Symbol Company Commander Executive Officer Platoon Leader 1 st SQD 2 nd SQD 3 rd SQD First Sergeant Platoon Leader 1 st SQD 2 nd SQD 3 rd SQD

Battalion AKA Squadron (Cav) Graphic Symbol Executive Officer Operations Officer Line Company Commander Battalion Commander Line Company Commander Command Sergeant Major Headquarters Company Commander

Brigade AKA Regiment • Commander normally a Colonel (O-6) • Two or more Battalions make up a Brigade • Are often organized in Brigade Combat Teams consisting of an Artillery BN, Engineer BN, and Forward Support BN in addition to organic maneuver BNs • Graphic symbol (one X) X X Mech Inf Bde Mech Inf Bn Armor Bn

Division • Commander normally a Major General (O-8) • Each Division has C 2, combat service, combat service support units • 10 active duty Divisions in US Army • Five types of Divisions: Armored Mechanized Light Infantry Airborne Air Assault • graphic symbol (two Xs) XX

Active Divisions CONUS Armored 1 st Cavalry Div Ft Hood, TX Air Assault 1 st Armored Div Ft Riley , KS (1 Bde) 101 st Airborne Div Ft Campbell, KY Light Infantry 10 th Mountain Div Ft Drum, NY Mechanized 1 st Infantry Div Ft Riley, KS (1 Bde) 2 nd Infantry Div Ft Lewis, WA (1 Bde) 3 rd Infantry Div Ft Stewart, GA Ft Benning, GA 25 th Infantry Div Ft Lewis, WA (1 Bde) Airborne 4 th Infantry Div Ft Hood, TX Ft Carson, CO 82 nd Airborne Div Ft Bragg, NC

Active Divisions OCONUS Armored 1 st Armored Div Bad Kreuznach, Germany Light Infantry 25 th Infantry Div Schofield Barracks, HI Mechanized 1 st Infantry Div Wurzburg, Germany 2 nd Infantry Div Camp Red Cloud, Korea

Corps I Corps - Ft Lewis WA 7 th Infantry Division (The CONUS part of the 2 ID) 42 nd MP BDE 62 nd Medical BDE 593 rd Sustainment BDE III Corps – Ft Hood TX 1 st Armored DIV 1 st Infantry Div 3 rd Armored Cav Rgt 36 th Engineer BDE 1 st Cavalry Div 4 th Infantry Div 75 th FA BDE (Others) XVIII Airborne Corps – Ft Bragg NC 3 rd Infantry Div 10 th Mountain Div 82 nd Airborne Div 101 st Airborne Div 18 th FA BDE 20 th Engineer BDE (Others)

Higher Echelons • Above the Corps level is considered EAC or Echelons Above Corps • These are purpose-built organizations that include Army, Army Group and Theater Commands

Armies 1 st Army Training, Readiness and Mobilization Command Rock Island Arsenal, IL 2 nd Army Cyber Command Ft Belvoir VA 6 th Army US Army South Joint Base SA TX 7 th Army US Army Europe Heidelberg, DE 3 rd Army US Army Central Shaw AFB, Sumter SC 8 th Army US Forces Korea Yongsan Garrison 5 th Army US Army North Joint Base SA TX 9 th Army US Army Africa Vicenza IT

FORSCOM Largest Army Command consisting of over 750, 000 solders from the Active Army, ARNG and USAR. Nearly 2/3 of the entire Army is under FORSCOM Ft Bragg NC I Corps JRTC III Corps Ft Irwin NTC XVIII Corps 1 st Army 20 th CBRNE Cmd USAR Cmd 32 nd Army Air & Missile Defense Cmd