The Stryker Brigade Combat Team Rethinking

Assesses how rapidly the Army's new medium-weight Stryker Brigade can be deployed by air or sealift from planned bases in the U.S. verus forward bases in key regions.

Preface

iii

Figures

ix

Tables

xi

Summary

xiii

Acknowledgments

xix

Acronyms

xxiii

Introduction

1

(12)

Background

2

(2)

Army Transformation Initiatives

4

(6)

Emerging Doctrine

5

(1)

The Stryker Brigades

6

(2)

The Objective Force

8

(2)

Purpose and Organization

10

(3)

Deploying the SBCTs

13

(44)

Airlifting the SBCT

15

(13)

Available Airlift Fleet

18

(2)

Airfield Infrastructure

20

(1)

Deployment of the SBCT from Projected Bases

21

(7)

Sealifting the SBCT

28

(14)

Sealift Assets Considered

30

(1)

Calculating Sealift Deployment Time

31

(2)

Outside Harbor Unload Operations

33

(5)

Shallow-Draft Sealift

38

(3)

Road March

41

(1)

Deployment Times

42

(15)

Representative Scenarios

42

(4)

Airlift Deployment Analysis

46

(4)

Sealift Deployment Analysis

50

(3)

Airlift Versus Sealift

53

(4)

Decisions to Initiate Operations

57

(22)

Missions

57

(5)

Stopping Aggressors

58

(1)

Conducting Contingency Operations

59

(1)

Conducting Enforcement Operations

60

(1)

Conducting Counterterrorism Operations

61

(1)

Timeline

62

(1)

Warning

62

(8)

Concern

64

(1)

Urgent Danger

65

(1)

Precipitating Events

65

(1)

Timelines for Selected Operations

66

(4)

The Crisis Decisionmaking Process

70

(4)

Exploring Alternatives

71

(1)

Threats to Important U.S. Interests

71

(1)

Risks of U.S. Casualties

72

(2)

Historical Response Times

74

(5)

Regions of Interest

79

(36)

Discerning Patterns of Interest

81

(9)

U.S. Operations Since 1945

82

(1)

Areas of Current Crises and Conflicts

83

(1)

The War on Terrorism

83

(7)

Terrorism: Looking to the Future

90

(1)

Regions of Interest

90

(23)

Central America and the Caribbean

92

(3)

Europe

95

(5)

Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa

100

(3)

Middle East and Southwest Asia

103

(3)

East Asia and the Pacific Rim

106

(7)

Summary

113

(2)

Conclusions

115

(12)

Key Findings

115

(2)

Recommendations for the USAF

117

(2)

Appendix

A. Depth of U.S. Operations

119

(4)

B. Components of Deployment Times for All Scenarios from Chapter Two

123

(4)

Bibliography

127

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The Stryker Brigade Combat Team Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options

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