The United States Army. Lieutenant Colonel Sean Morgan 24 August 2010

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1 The United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Sean Morgan 24 August 2010

2 LTC Sean Morgan Married, with two children (ages 12 and 8) Commissioned in 1992 (Infantry) from West Point Rifle & Scout Platoon Leader in Hawaii Company Commander in A / 2-5 CAV (Bosnia) Harvard Business School ( ) Taught Economics at West Point for 3 years 2 Deployments to Iraq (2003, and ) Senior Operations Trainer at the Joint Readiness Training Center (Fort Polk, Louisiana) Currently the UCF ROTC battalion commander

3 Soldiers The average Soldier is: RANK: E-4 (Corporal / Specialist) AGE: 22 TIME IN SERVICE: 4 Years BASE PAY: $1,978.50/month EDUCATION: High School Graduate MARITAL STATUS: Married w/ two Children RACE: 60% Caucasian/40% Minority GENDER: 85% Male/15% Female

4 Today s Soldier: Equipment Helmet w/ night vision mount Body armor Protective eyewear MBITR radio Optics & infrared laser for weapon First aid kit Ammunition Water (camel back)

5 Equipment Weapons M-4 Carbine Caliber: 5.56 mm Weight: 7.5 lbs (loaded weight with sling & one magazine) Max. Effective Range: 600 m (area target) 500 m (point target) M203/M203A1 Grenade Launcher Weight: 3 lbs (empty); 3.6 lbs (loaded) Overall Length: 15" Barrel Length: 12" Ammunition Type: smoke, non-lethal projectiles, signal and practice rounds as well as 40mm high explosive Range: Approximately 350 yards

6 Equipment Weapons M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) Caliber: 5.56 mm Weight: 16.5 lbs Rate of Fire: 750 rounds per minute M-240B Machine Gun Caliber: 7.62 mm Weight: 27.6 lbs Max. Effective Range: 1800 m (area target) 800 m (point target) Rate of Fire: rounds per minute

7 Helicopters Apache (Longbow) Combat Mission: 167 mph Combat Range: 300 miles Combat Endurance: 2.5 hours Length: 49 ft 5 in Mission Weight: 16,600 lbs Armament: HELLFIRE missiles, 2.75 rockets and 30mm chain gun Crew: 2 (pilot and co-pilot gunner) Black Hawk Cruising Speed: 150 mph Combat Range: 300 miles Combat Endurance: 2.1 hours Lift: 9,000 pounds Internal Load: 2640 lbs (or 11 combat-equipped troops) Armament: 7.62 mm door gun Crew: 4 (pilot and co-pilot gunner, 2 crew chiefs)

8 Helicopters Chinook Max Gross Weight: 50,000 lbs Max Speed: 170 knots / 184 mph Normal Cruise Speed: 130 knots / 149 mph Rate of Climb: 1,522 ft/min Rotor System: three manualfolding blades per hub (two hubs); Troop Capacity: 36 (33 troops plus 3 crew members) Sling-load Capacity: 26,000 lb center hook; Minimum Crew: 3 (pilot, copilot, and flight engineer) Kiowa Warrior Crew: 2 Max Gross Weight: 5,500 lbs (armed) Max Cruise Speed: 128 mph Range: 299 miles (sea level, no weapons, 10% reserve) Ceiling: 19,000 ft Armament: Air-to-air Stinger.50 caliber machine gun 2.75 in rockets (7-shot pod) HELLFIRE missiles (2-round launcher)

9 M1151 HMMWV Vehicles

10 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle

11 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

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13 Army Reserve Commitments FOUO G-3/5/7 Mobilized 8% OCONUS 28,880 Soldiers (14%) 6% CONUS GER/BELGIUM 117 / 1 Kosovo Balkans Rotation 105 TOTAL PACOM 183 CONUS 4,724 Italy 2 Afghanistan Enduring Freedom 1,593 SOUTHCOM 32 Senegal 9 Kuwait 2,670 Japan 1 CENTCOM 15,491 AFRICOM 54 EUCOM 473 CONUS 12,647 Hawaii 152 Honduras 1 Sierra Leone 1 Sudan 3 Uganda 5 Tanzania 8 Kenya/Ethiopia 12 / 9 Qatar 153 Lebanon 1 Egypt 1 Djibouti (HOA)/Seychelles 100 / 2 Iraq Iraqi Freedom 9,965 Philippines 3 OCONUS DEPLOYMENTS 16,233 CONUS DEPLOYMENTS 12,647 TOTAL DEPLOYED 28,880 DATA SOURCE IS MDIS 08 JUL 09 FOUO BG Les J. Carroll / AR DCS G-3/5/7 /

14 CSTC PROGRAM: Where we are going with Training Platforms FOUO G-3/5/7 Functional Exercises Train/Ready 2 Warrior Exercise Fort Hunter-Liggett MRE level collective training capability (CTC like experience focus) PRE-MOB TSRT Battle Staff TNG MSTC Leader TNG PME/ MOS-T RTS-M BCTC Functional Exercises Fort Dix Battalion collective training capability (Functional Exercise focus) PRE-MOB TSRT Train/Ready 1 Train/Ready 3 Functional TNG RTS-Med PME/ MOS-T TTC RESET TRP Location ECS Available RTC TSRT Certification CTC- like Event Leader TNG Fort McCoy Brigade level collective capability (WAREX focus) PRE-MOB TSRT 08 JUL 09 FOUO BG Les J. Carroll / AR DCS G-3/5/7 /

15 Recent Developments Recruiting is the best in 2010 for any year in the past 30, though less so for minorities 9/11 GI Bill provides for service members and is transferable to all family members Divorce & Suicide rates are the highest ever in the Army DoD (and the Army) may see significant budget reductions in the coming years, having impacts on procurement and personnel

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