Lookin for New Stuff to Read

[Tom Odom]

Oh sure force me to go buy another book sigh
I just hope you can live with yourself.

here is a FREE one

the OEF version of On Point is avaliable for download at

Combat Studies Institute

A Different Kind of War: the US Army in OEF Oct 2001-SEP 2005

[gute]

Transforming an Army at War: Desigining the Modular Force, 1991-2005 by William M. Donnelly.

Yep, the above topic has been discussed a great deal on this site, but when I did a search on this site the author's name did not come up so this book might be an nknown and it might be of interest to some of the members.

A very short read at less then 100 pages. It covers the development of the HBCT, IBCT, and support brigades. Some names mentioned in the book are Generals Schoomaker, Byrnes, Mixon, Sullivan.

Nothing earth shattering, but it does expalin the thought process and requirements imposed on the developers. Key points:

- the new HBCT same/improved lethality and capabilities of legacy BCT

- make five HBCTs out of three legacy brigades (3ID)

- Schoomkaer wanted three maneuver battalion HBCT, but wars in Iraq and Afghanistan made that impossible.

- to meet the lethality and capabilites requirements the legacy three BCT could only expand to four not five.

- much debate about reconnaissance units done by Cav or done by the CABs.