Quote Originally Posted by Rifleman View Post
...but all these commands would opening up for Brigadiers in these big brigades...What am I missing?
in the GOMO and a few irate MGs who believe what they're doing is important. That's all you're missing...

Obviously, a fairly simple restructure would fix it but the US army -- and the US Congress -- don't do 'fairily simple.'

Plus, as you noticed, all those Bdes are commanded by COLs, not BGs. That's 'cause the Army is statutorily limited on the number of GOs and covering those 45 or so AC Bdes/BCT (A BCT was a Battalion Combat Team until the geniuses in the Pentagon screwed that up) would mess up current assignments and plans. You gotta get your priorities straight, warfightin' is not as important as organizational orthodoxy...


The current Bde/BCT is too small to rate a BG. Now, if they get a third maneuver Bn/Sqn, plus an Arty or 'Fires' Bn for MCO, they'll probably get BGs. Until then -- and until the support and sustainment problems that mean Divs are handy and the Hq in being that is a Div which can serve as an intermediate Hq for theaters ala Afghanistan and Iraq. All in good time, I expect...