Quote Originally Posted by Granite_State View Post
Are these decisions made at battalion-level in the Army?



Do we still maintain as national policy that our military should be able to fight two regional, mid-sized wars (Korea + 1) at a time? I remember that was the case when I was in high school (over 10 years ago), but don't know if it still is.
#1. Pretty sure the answer is no in many cases. Most likely, it gets "held" at Brigade level or higher.

#2. Not sure, but the "current" situation (2001-2010) would indicate that fighting two wars at the same time, particularily for extended periods, are the limit. Could we respond with more then a bobtailed division of a couple of BCTs a small fires Bde, a small Maneuver Enhancement Bde, an Avaition Bde and a small Sustainment Bde?

While probably within our capability, there are alot of other reasons why we dodn't have more then UAVs above Yemen and SOF guys on the ground.

IMO, if no war in Iraq from 2003-to ... then we would currently have 50-60,000 troops on the ground hunting down more underwear bombers.