Army Prepares To ReARMM by U.S. Army Warren Marlow
December 14, 2020
The Army is undergoing a transformational change as it switches
its priorities from combating terrorism to focusing on near-peer
adversaries.
Since 2006, the service has employed the Army
Force Generation model, in which units go through a cycle of
resetting, training, and availability.
This construct will
be replaced by the Regionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization
Model (ReARMM), which is meant to increase predictability, enable
modernization, and help the Army win in global conflicts. It will be
more flexible and predictable than previous force generation
processes and it aims to enable modernization while maintaining
readiness.
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First Army is supporting these efforts and Lt. Col. Patric
Nichols, First Army chief of force requirements, said the approach
will establish habitual relationships to specific missions and
theaters, which will help to create this predictable environment and
enable modernization. Besides aiding the Army’s mission, the
approach will have advantages for units and Soldiers.
“The
Army will strive to reduce operations tempo and adjust policies to
prioritize people,” Nichols said.
The
restructuring will include divisions replacing brigades as the
Army’s primary unit of action. Also, training and modernization will
be tailored to each region, which is meant to increase stability and
predictability.
“Instead of people going overseas one time in
one place, the intent is to align a division with a region,”
explained Rick Fink, First Army deputy G7. “The Army’s new focus is
going from brigade-centric to a division focus. A division would get
responsibility for a mission for the next two years. You can get
lessons learned and keep that information within an organization. If
you keep it for more than two years, then you become real experts.”
ReARMM will impact all components.
“Reserve Components
will be aligned along mission lines and force pools,” Nichols said.
“This allows for greater predictability, and in some cases, the
ability to deliberately modernize in conjunction with Active
Component forces.”
“For more than 15 years, we’ve been
focused on this COIN fight while some of the near-peer adversaries
have been modernizing, so there’s a portion of this that focuses on
modernization,” Fink added. “The Army’s modernization includes new
organizations with unique capabilities that don’t exist in any
organization. We’re not going to field a tremendous number of these
units but they have to have a headquarters that understands them and
can employ them.”
While these changes are happening, First
Army’s role will continue to be enabling the readiness of the
Reserve Component and helping prepare Army Reserve and Army National
Guard units for their duties.
“Our mission has not changed,”
Fink said. “We’re trying to improve the readiness of both
components.”
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