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LTG James D. Thurman DCS G-3/5/7

Department of the Army6 January 2010

Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition

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AMERICA’S ARMY:THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION Agenda

• What the Army is Doing• 21st Century Security Environment • Global Commitments & Global Employment• OEF Expansion and Increased Rotational Capacity

• Where the Army is Going• Achieving Balance While at War• Strategic Challenges

• Aviation• Global Demand• Modernization• Unmanned Aircraft Systems• Transformation

• Final Thoughts

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The combined impact of these trends yields a strategic environment of PersistentConflict: Protracted competition and friction among state, non-state, andindividual actors that use violence to achieve their political and ideological ends.

Global trends will shape the conflicts confronting our Nation

Globalization

PopulationGrowth

Failed or FailingStates

Catastrophic attacks with

globalimplications

Humanitarian crisis drive

destabilizingconditions

Fosters increased instability and extremism

Provide safe havens for extremists -

source of instability

Interdependence with unequal distribution

Inexpensive access &

exploitation

Greater demand -

Fewer resources

Emerging 21st Century Security Environment

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Total Commitments: 24 BCTs (17 AC, 7 RC) and 44 BDEs (30 AC, 14 RC)**

- 4 Division HQs- 6 Sustainment BDEs - 6 Combat Aviation BDEs- 5 Engineer / MEB BDEs- 3 MP BDEs - 2 SF Groups- 2 Medical BDEs- 2 Signal BDEs- 1 Fires BDE- 1 BfSB- 1 Civil Affairs BDE- 1 Trans Terminal Group- 1 EOD Group- 254 Transition Teams- Individual Augmentees~78,000 Soldiers

OEF / OIF Supporting Forces

~21,000 Soldiers

CONUS Supporting Forces, Exercise Support,

and other Joint Task Forces

Other Deployed: 1 BCT / 7 BDEs (AC) Committed Not Deployed: 1 BCT / 6 BDEs (4 RC)

Forces Meeting Other Global Commitments

The Army’sGlobal Employment

As of 04 Jan 10

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**Does not include units in RSOI or in deployment / redeployment (currently 10 BCTs / BDEs) and 9K supporting forces in USFK

Global Response ForceQRF / RRF / CDO (CONUS / AK)

2

1AAB

USF-W

218

CCMRF 10.2

63 TAB4

CCMRF 10.1

330 MED

62 MED

11 TAC

1

1 SIG 501 SUS

210 FiB65 MED

2 CAB 35 AD

501 MI

Korea

RSOI

130 FA

MFO

141 MEB

KFOR

OEF Forces: 6 BCTs (1 RC)

USF-I

32

USF-I

155

41

USF-I

HOA / OEF

X (-)

SECFOR

115

USARCENT

HQ

30

USD-B

2

4 1

4

HQ

4

5

RC East

TF PHOENIX

48MBSFA*

4MBSFA*

NTM-A

OIF Forces: 16 BCTs (6 RC)

USD-S

4AAB

HQ

3 AAB

RC South

HQ

34

USD-N

2AAB

1

72/36

173

1AAB

* MBSFA – Modular Brigade Augmented for Security Force Assistance

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OTHER CONUS SUPPORTCONUS VIP (2 X UH-60)Wild Life Fire Support

Army Test and EvaluationHomeland Security SUPPORT

Combat Training Center Rotations1 X AV BDE HQ1 X UH-60 CO

1 X AV BN

CBRNE ConsequenceManagement

Readiness Force2 X CAB HQ2 X GSAB2 X AVIM

Honduras1 X GSAB (-)1 X FW CO (-)

Germany1 X HH-60 CO1 X UH-60 CO

Iraq4 X CAB HQ

1 X UH-60 CO2 X ARB (L)4 X ARB (H)4 X ASLT BN

2 X GSAB3 X ASB

1 X HH-60 CO1 X UH-60 CAC

1 X FW BN HQ (-)1 X AOB

1 X C-23 CO1 X FW CO (-)1 X FW CO (-)1 X TAOG (-)

1 X ATS MAINT CO (-)1 X TF ODIN-I

1 X QRC-1 (ERMP)

Kosovo1 X AV TF HQ

1 X FSMT1 X UH-60 CO (-)

1 X AVUM (-)1 X ARB (H) CO (-)

1 X HQ CO

Djibouti2 X C-12

Kuwait1 X GSAB (-)

1 X UH-60 CAC1 X AVCRAD

1 X MEDEVAC Co (USN)1 X AOB

1 X C-23 CO (-)1 X FW CO (-) C-12

1 X FW CO (-) UC-35

Hawaii/Alaska1 X GSAB

1 X UH-60 CO

Korea1 X CAB

1 X ARB (H)

Aviation Global Demand

Afghanistan2 X CAB HQ

1 X CH-47 CO2 X ARB (L)2 X ARB (H)2 X ASLT BN

3 X GSAB2 X HH-60 CO

1 X FSMT2 X UC-352 X C-12

1 X FW BN HQ (-)1 X TF ODIN-A

1 X CH-47 PLT (aircraft only)

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Army Aviation remains relevant as a critical enabler to achieve global objectives

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Aviation Modernization

The best fleet we can provide the Warfighter now!All  photos used in this presentation are provided by the U.S Army, unless otherwise specified

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FY99

FY00

FY01

FY02

FY03

FY04

FY05

FY06

FY07

FY08

FY09

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

FY15

Multi‐Platform Inventory Hundreds of Flight Hours Flown

Universal Ground Control Shelter (UGCS)

• 926,020 Total Army UAS Hours Flown• 186,400 Hours Flown in FY09• 88% Flown in Combat • 1,716 Unmanned Aircraft Systems• 1,865 Trained Aviation Operators in 

RavenShadow

Hunter

IGNAT

Warrior Alpha

Extended Range Multi‐Purpose (ERMP)

Remote Video Terminal (RVT)

Ground Control Shelter (GCS)

One System Ground Control Shelter (OSGCS)

One System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT)

GMAV

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AMERICA’S ARMY:THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION Aviation Transformation

Transforming Army Aviation for Full Spectrum Conflict!All  photos used in this presentation are provided by the U.S Army, unless otherwise specified

Full Spectrum CAB Design  24 AH64D30 OH58D15HH6012 CH47D38 UH60

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ASLT

M

ASLT

HHC

GSGSAB

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SPTASB 

H

ARARB

L

ARARS

3x10 UH‐608   UH‐6012  CH‐4715  HH‐60

3x8 AH‐64 3x10 OH‐58D

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AMERICA’S ARMY:THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION Why We Do it!

(Helicopter Landing) ZABUL PROVINCE, Afghanistan—A Coalition Chinook helicopter touches down to offload pallets of food to Afghan citizens in the Zabul province. Coalition forces and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development have worked closely with organizations like the US Agency for International Development, the World Food Program and the Red Crescent to deliver thousands of tons of food to Afghan citizens in Zabul. (Courtesy photo)

Jeremy J. Biery, a crew chief with Co. D, 2nd Bn., 25th Avn. Rgt., inspects the rotors of a UH‐60 Blackhawk helicopter before a maintenance test flight at Kandahar Airfield.

Army Maj. Michele P. Harper, a pilot with the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 449th Theater Aviation Brigade out of Morrisville, N.C., prepares for takeoff in Iraq. Harper is the only female Black Hawk helicopter pilot in the North Carolina Army National Guard. (Courtesy photo)

Sgt. Jeffery S. Wiekamp, a CH‐47 flight engineer assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division (LI), was killed in Kunar 

Province, Afghanistan May 5, 2006 while conducting combat operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicole Shuman, Apache attack helicopter pilot, Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Multi‐National Division‐

Baghdad, who hails from Pittsburgh, talks with a fellow crew member before taking off on a 

reconnaissance patrol from Camp Taji Oct. 27. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt

November 10, 2008