Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition LTG James D. Thurman DCS G-3/5/7 Department of the Army 6 January 200 UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASS/FOUO AMERICA S ARMY: Agenda What the Army is Doing 2 st 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 UNCLASS/FOUO
AMERICA S ARMY: Emerging 2 st Century Security Environment Catastrophic attacks with global implications Global trends will shape the conflicts confronting our Nation Interdependence with unequal distribution Inexpensive access & exploitation Globalization Humanitarian crisis drive destabilizing conditions Population Growth Failed or Failing States Greater demand - Fewer resources Fosters increased instability and extremism Provide safe havens for extremists - source of instability The combined impact of these trends yields a strategic environment of Persistent Conflict: Protracted competition and friction among state, non-state, and individual actors that use violence to achieve their political and ideological ends.
73 AMERICA S ARMY: OEF Forces: 6 BCTs ( RC) Other Deployed: BCT / 7 BDEs (AC) 65 MED HQ 5 RC East RC South 20 FiB SIG 50 SUS Korea 2 CAB 35 AD 50 MI TF PHOENIX 8 MBSFA* MBSFA* NTM-A * MBSFA Modular Brigade Augmented for Security Force Assistance MEB 30 FA UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO 72/36 KFOR MFO RSOI 30 USF-W Committed Not Deployed: BCT / 6 BDEs ( RC) 28 HQ USD-B CCMRF 0. 63 TAB CCMRF 0.2 TAC Forces Meeting Other Global Commitments The Army s Global Employment As of 0 Jan 0 OEF / OIF Supporting Forces - 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 - Fires BDE - BfSB - Civil Affairs BDE - Trans Terminal Group - EOD Group - 25 Transition Teams - Individual Augmentees ~78,000 Soldiers CONUS Supporting Forces, Exercise Support, and other Joint Task Forces ~2,000 Soldiers Total Commitments: 2 BCTs (7 AC, 7 RC) and BDEs (30 AC, RC)** **Does not include units in RSOI or in deployment / redeployment (currently 0 BCTs / BDEs) and 9K supporting forces in USFK UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO OIF Forces: 6 BCTs (6 RC) 2 2 62 MED 330 MED HQ HQ USD-N 3 USD-S 3 Global Response Force QRF / RRF / CDO (CONUS / AK) 2 5 32 55 SECFOR USARCENT USF-I USF-I USF-I X (-) HOA / OEF
UNCLASSIFIED AMERICA S ARMY: Aviation Global Demand Agenda OTHER CONUS SUPPORT CONUS VIP (2 X UH-60) Wild Life Fire Support Army Test and Evaluation Homeland Security SUPPORT Combat Training Center Rotations X AV BDE HQ X UH-60 CO X AV BN CBRNE Consequence Management Readiness Force 2 X CAB HQ 2 X GSAB 2 X AVIM Honduras X GSAB (-) X FW CO (-) Germany X HH-60 CO X UH-60 CO Iraq X CAB HQ X UH-60 CO 2 X ARB (L) X ARB (H) X ASLT BN 2 X GSAB 3 X ASB X HH-60 CO X UH-60 CAC X FW BN HQ (-) X AOB X C-23 CO X FW CO (-) X FW CO (-) X TAOG (-) X ATS MAINT CO (-) X TF ODIN-I X QRC- (ERMP) Kosovo X AV TF HQ X FSMT X UH-60 CO (-) X AVUM (-) X ARB (H) CO (-) X HQ CO Djibouti 2 X C-2 Afghanistan 2 X CAB HQ X CH-7 CO 2 X ARB (L) 2 X ARB (H) 2 X ASLT BN 3 X GSAB 2 X HH-60 CO X FSMT 2 X UC-35 2 X C-2 X FW BN HQ (-) X TF ODIN-A X CH-7 PLT (aircraft only) Kuwait X GSAB (-) X UH-60 CAC X AVCRAD X MEDEVAC Co (USN) X AOB X C-23 CO (-) X FW CO (-) C-2 X FW CO (-) UC-35 Korea X CAB X ARB (H) Hawaii/Alaska X GSAB X UH-60 CO Army Aviation remains relevant as a critical enabler to achieve global objectives
AMERICA S ARMY: 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 UNCLASS/FOUO 6
UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO AMERICA S ARMY: Army G 3/5/7 Unmanned Aircraft Systems 926,020 Total Army UAS Hours Flown 86,00 Hours Flown in FY09 88% Flown in Combat,76 Unmanned Aircraft Systems,865 Trained Aviation Operators in Extended Range Multi Purpose (ERMP) Warrior Alpha Shadow Raven IGNAT GMAV Hunter Ground Control Shelter (GCS) Remote Video Terminal (RVT) One System Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) One System Ground Control Shelter (OSGCS) Universal Ground Control Shelter (UGCS) FY99 FY00 FY0 FY02 FY03 FY0 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY0 FY FY2 FY3 FY FY5 Multi Platform Inventory Hundreds of Flight Hours Flown
AMERICA S ARMY: Aviation Transformation Full Spectrum CAB Design HHC M 0XXXXX0 2 AH6D 30 OH58D 5HH60 2 CH7D 38 UH60 GS 8 UH 60 2 CH 7 5 HH 60 GSAB ASLT M 3x0 UH 60 ASLT AR H 3x8 AH 6 ARB AR L ARS 3x0 OH 58D SPT ASB Transforming Army Aviation for Full Spectrum Conflict! All photos used in this presentation are provided by the U.S Army, unless otherwise specified 8
AMERICA S ARMY: Why We Do it! Army Maj. Michele P. Harper, a pilot with the North Carolina Army National Guard s 9th 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) Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicole Shuman, Apache attack helicopter pilot, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Aviation Brigade, th 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. st Class Brent Hunt November 0, 2008 Sgt. Jeffery S. Wiekamp, a CH 7 flight engineer assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 0th Aviation Regiment, 0th Mountain Division (LI), was killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan May 5, 2006 while conducting combat operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (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. 9