Excuse me while I gloat with absolute glee.

[gridlore]

Doing a little research and Wiki-surfing, I came across the Army's plans for reorganization.

In short, they are going to a system of modular brigades that can be assembled into larger units based on the specific mission needs, with headquarters units operating independently until forces are actually assigned.

This is exactly what I wrote for GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces when designing the Unified Armies of the Imperium.

I should've gone to West Point...

Comments

[meglimir.livejournal.com]

That is nifty!

[taschoene.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I remarked on this during the playtest, but modular brigades are not exactly a new concept. The Army's move is inspired heavily by Douglas Macgregor's Breaking the Phalanx (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0275957942?v=glance) and John Brinkerhoff's "Brigade-Based New Army" (http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/PARAMETERS/97autumn/brinkerh.htm) in Parameters, both published back in 1997. And they weren't breaking all that much new ground, really. Armies have looked at modular organizations like this in one way or another since the end of WW2.

[chaoswolf]

So one of the higher ups in the military might be a GURPS player who read your section & stole your idea?

[todkaninchen.livejournal.com]

This sounds eerily like the pre-WWI Army, including the 2 x 2 x 2 Division. Divisions of 2 Brigades of 2 Regiments of 2 Battalions plus support units.

Then again, I guess Divisional operations aren't supposed to be the priority.

I don't like the reduction in Artillery though...

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

So why didn't you go to West Point?