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Associated Units
Total Army Force leaders plan three-year
‘Associated Units’ Pilot
by Paul Boyce the steady-state operations in the world, and
to be able to sustain it over the lifespan of a U.S. Army photograph by Jim Hinnant
Fort Bragg, N.C. campaign. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, commanding general, U.S. Army Forces Command addresses
Key leaders of the Total Army Force focused, senior leaders of the Total Army Force during the Associated Units Pilot Implementation
May 25-26, on the details and design concepts “ is is really important for the Army,” Forum, May 25, 2016, at Fort Bragg, N.C.
behind the U.S. Army’s Associated Units pro- Abrams said, “that we get this right. at’s why
gram in a pilot-implementation forum. we’ve made this investment, brought all these See UNITS, page 10
leaders across the force to Fort Bragg. ere’s
e forum focused on the initial steps for a lot going on, but there’s nothing more im-
training, manning, equipping, leading and portant for us as a Total Force than readiness
maintaining the vital readiness for key active because this is going to set the tone for the
Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve Army for the next 10 to 15 years.”
units in nine states and even Italy.
e day and one-half pilot implementation
“ is is a rst, to have all the command forum focused on the formal relationships for
teams associated with this pilot implementa- readiness, equipping and training within the
tion all in one room at one time,” said Gen. three Army components, as well as scheduling
Robert B. Abrams, U.S. Army Forces Com- and leveraging Army Combat Training Center
mand commanding general. “The require- rotations at the National Training Center and
ments that the Army has are going to require Fort Irwin, Calif.; the Joint Readiness Training
all 980,000 Soldiers to be ready to go: about Center at Fort Polk, La., regional and overseas
450,000 in the active component, 335,000 in military-training facilities, and the vital Army
the National Guard and 195,000 in the Army Total Force Policy training role of First U.S.
Reserve to meet all the requirements, plus all Army.
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