Organizing for COIN at the Company and Platoon Level

[Hacksaw]

Bliss took the worst hit...

Lost all Div AD Bns... that's right all... all those BSFVs, Avengers, HUMMV mounted manpads with their radios, 50cals, and night vision gone.

You can say what you like, but all that's left is Patriot and a Bn of Avenger pure.

So with all apologies to En and FA... at least you still exist at echelons below Corps.

[Cavguy]

Bliss took the worst hit...

Lost all Div AD Bns... that's right all... all those BSFVs, Avengers, HUMMV mounted manpads with their radios, 50cals, and night vision gone.

You can say what you like, but all that's left is Patriot and a Bn of Avenger pure.

So with all apologies to En and FA... at least you still exist at echelons below Corps.

Oh yeah ... ADA, they're still a branch?

At least they make good staffers.

[jkm_101_fso]

Oh yeah ... ADA, they're still a branch?

At least they make good staffers.

Ouch. Low Blow.

I believe ADA HQ is located at Sill now with FA, now part of the "Fires" community...

[Ken White]

At least they make good staffers.

Last job I had a LTC working for me who was that, a good Staff guy, however, he was ADA and an Aviator and thus was er, conflicted???

[Sabre]

Bliss took the worst hit...

Lost all Div AD Bns... that's right all... all those BSFVs, Avengers, HUMMV mounted manpads with their radios, 50cals, and night vision gone.

You can say what you like, but all that's left is Patriot and a Bn of Avenger pure.

I think that the deletion of ADA is also very, very short-sighted.
Sure, the US hasn't had to face a real air threat in... many decades, but ADA has, since WWII, provided excellent service protecting convoys, "rear" areas (meaning anything behind the front line trace) and generally serving as additional combat power in an Army that, paradoxically, seems to be throwing more and more personnel into HQ, staff, and intel functions. Those Linebackers had 25mm cannon, M240's, armor, and mobility that would have been valuable additions to the anemic HBCT - sure, the above sounds more like the mission of the MPs, but the M1117 is not as well armed or protected...

I think that the combat power ADA units provided was overlooked.