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32 The MiliTAry BAlANce 2010<br />
PERIMETER ACQUISITION RADAR ATTACK<br />
CHARACTERISATION SYSTEM PARCS 1 at<br />
Cavalier AFS, (ND)<br />
PAVE PAWS 3 at Beale AFB (CA), Cape Cod AFS (MA),<br />
Clear AFS (AK); 1 (phased array radar 5,500km range)<br />
located at Otis AFB (MA)<br />
DETECTION AND TRACKING RADARS Kwajalein<br />
Atoll, Ascension Island, Antigua, Kaena Point (HI),<br />
MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MA)<br />
GROUND BASED ELECTRO OPTICAL DEEP<br />
SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM GEODSS Socorro<br />
(NM), Maui (HI), Diego Garcia (BIOT)<br />
STRATEGIC DEFENCES – MISSILE DEFENCES<br />
SEA-BASED: Aegis engagement cruisers and destroyers<br />
in Pacific Fleet<br />
LAND-BASED: 21 ground-based interceptors at<br />
Fort Greeley, (AK); 3 ground-based interceptors at<br />
Vandenburg, (CA).<br />
US Army 553,044; 77,833 active ARNG; 31,355<br />
active AR (total 662,232)<br />
FORCES BY ROLE<br />
The US Army continues its transition programme. The aim<br />
at present is to have an Active Component of 17 Heavy Brigade<br />
Combat Teams (HBCT), 20 Infantry BCT (IBCT) and<br />
8 Stryker BCT (SBCT). The Reserve is planned to comprise<br />
7 HBCT, 20 IBCT and 1 SBCT. The SBCT has 3 manoeuvre<br />
bn instead of 2, as in the HBCT and IBCT. The HBCT has 2<br />
combined arms bn, an armed recce sqn, an armd fires bn, a<br />
Bde Support Bn (BSB) and a Bde Special Troops Bn (BSTB).<br />
The IBCT has 2 inf bn, a Reconnaissance, Surveillance and<br />
Target Acquisition (RSTA) squadron, a fires bn, a BSB and<br />
a BSTB. The SBCT has three Stryker infantry bn, an RSTA<br />
sqn, a fires bn, a BSB, and engr, sigs, MI and anti-armour<br />
coys. The army currently projects 18 division headquarters<br />
in the total force (10 Active and 8 ARNG). The army still<br />
plans to grow to include 73 BCTs (45 AC BCTs and 28 RC<br />
BCTs) and approximately 225 support brigades.<br />
Comd 6 army HQ; 3 corps HQ 10 div HQ<br />
Armd 15 HBCT (each: 2 (combined arms) armd /<br />
armd inf bn, 1 armd recce sqn, 1 SP arty bn, 1<br />
BSTB, 1 BSB)<br />
Armd Cav 1 heavy regt (3rd ACR) with 3 cav sqn (each: 3<br />
cav tps, 1 tk coy, 1 arty bty), 1 air cav sqn with<br />
(3 atk tps, 1 lift coy), 1 chemical coy, 1 engr<br />
coy, 1 MI coy; 1 regt (11th ACR) – OPFOR<br />
Armd Inf 2 bde (170th , 172nd ) with (1 armd bn, 2 armd<br />
inf bn, 1 armd recce tp, 1 SP arty bty, 1 cbt<br />
engr bn, 1 BSB)<br />
Mech Inf 6 SBCT (each: 1 HQ coy, 3 Stryker bn, 1 fd<br />
arty bn, 1 recce sqn, 1 AT coy, 1 engr coy, 1<br />
sigs coy , 1 MI coy ,1 BSB)<br />
Inf 10 IBCT (each: 2 inf bn, 1 recce sqn, 1 fd arty<br />
bn, 1 BSB, 1 BSTB)<br />
Air Aslt 4 BCT (each: 2 air aslt bn, 1 RSTA bn, 1 arty<br />
bn, 1 BSB, 1 BSTB (1 MI coy, 1 engr coy, 1<br />
sigs coy))<br />
AB 6 BCT (each: 2 para bn, 1 recce bn, 1 arty bn, 1<br />
BSB, 1 BSTB (1 MI coy, 1 engr coy, 1 sigs coy))<br />
Arty 6 (Fires) bde (each: HQ coy, 1 MLRS bn,<br />
1 UAV coy , 1 TA coy, 1 BSB bn)<br />
Engr 5 bde<br />
AD 5 bde with MIM-104 Patriot<br />
Cbt Avn 11 CAB (5 heavy, 4 medium, 2 light) (each: 1<br />
aslt hel bn, 2 atk hel bn, 1 avn spt bn, 1 gen<br />
spt avn bn); 1 (theatre avn) bde<br />
Spt 13 (Sustainment) bde (each: 1 BSTB, 2 Cbt Spt<br />
bn, 1 Sigs coy)<br />
Cbt Spt 2 (3rd bde late 2010) (Manoeuvre<br />
enhancement) bde (each: 1 spt bn, 1 sigs coy)<br />
Surv 3 BfSB (each: 1 reconnaissance and<br />
surveillance sqn, 1 BSTB bn, 1 MI bn)<br />
forming<br />
WMD /<br />
NBC / EOD<br />
1 (CBRNE) comd (1 Chemical bde (2<br />
chemical bn), 1 asymmetric warfare regt<br />
(initially under direct FORSCOM C2), 2 EOD<br />
gp (each: 2 EOD bn))<br />
SF See US Special Operations Command<br />
reserve Organisations<br />
Army National Guard 358,391 reservists 77,833<br />
Currently capable of manning 8 divs after mobilisation.<br />
Under the army’s transformation process, the ARNG<br />
will assume an end-state structure consisting of 28 BCT<br />
(7 HBCT, 1 SBCT, 20 IBCT)<br />
FORCES BY ROLE<br />
Comd 8 div HQ<br />
Armd 7 HBCT, 3 combined arms bn<br />
Recce 3 RSTA sqn<br />
Mech Inf 1 SBCT<br />
Lt Inf 20 IBCT; 11 indep bn<br />
SF 2 gp opcon USSOCOM (total: 3 SF bn)<br />
Arty 7 Fires bde<br />
Engr 4 bde<br />
Avn 2 (heavy) cbt avn bde; 6 (air expeditionary)<br />
cbt avn bde (each: 1 aslt hel bn, 1 atk hel<br />
bn, 1 gen spt avn bn, 1 avn spt bn, 1 spt/sy<br />
hel bn (each: 3 spt/sy coy – to become 4)); 4<br />
theatre avn bde<br />
WMD 2 chemical bde; 1 EOD gp; 32 WMD-CST<br />
(Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support<br />
Teams)<br />
AD 2 bde with MIM-104 Patriot;<br />
FIM-92A Avenger<br />
Spt 9 spt bde, 17 regional spt gps<br />
Surv 5 BfSB (each: 1 reconnaissance and<br />
surveillance sqn, 1 BSTB, 1 MI bn)<br />
Cbt Spt 10 (Manoeuvre enhancement) bde<br />
(transforming)<br />
Sigs 2 bde<br />
Army reserve 198,000 reservists (31,355 active)<br />
Inf 5 div (exercise); 7 div (trg)<br />
Avn 1 theatre avn bde with (air aslt hel, atk hel<br />
and gen spt avn bns)
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