Author : Canter of Canter of Military History United States Army
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505470932
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)
Book Synopsis Department of the Army Historical Summary Fiscal Year 2005 by : Canter of Canter of Military History United States Army
Download or read book Department of the Army Historical Summary Fiscal Year 2005 written by Canter of Canter of Military History United States Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War and transformation dominated scal year (FY) 2005 as the U.S. Army commitment to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) continued. The strain of multiple deployments, budget challenges, and recruiting dif culties that grew out of these ongoing con icts in uenced Army policies and initiatives. As a result, Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), focused considerable effort throughout the scal year on transforming the active Army to better ful ll its missions while reducing strain on soldiers and their families. With the requirement to ght two protracted wars uppermost in mind, Army soldiers undertook several major initiatives during FY 2005 in force structure and management practices in order to improve operational readiness and support capabilities. The largest effort came in shifting from a war- ghting force built on divisions to one based on modular brigades. Termed modularization, the creation of modular brigade combat teams (BCTs) dramatically changed the Army's force structure. The initiative replaced aspects of the Army transformation program that began under former Army Chief of Staff General Eric K. Shinseki and culminated several years of planning by the Training and Doctrine Command and the Of ce of the Chief of Staff. The process began during FY 2005 and will continue for the next decade. At the same time, the Army continued to develop its management systems to increase connectivity between units and to streamline logistical practices. It pushed forward with the development of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) concept-though increasing complexity continued to plague the process-and initiated implementation of the Lean Six Sigma business methodology throughout the force in order to improve ef ciency and eliminate waste. These and other programs sought to transform the Army into a exible, robust force while still meeting the challenges presented by the Global War on Terrorism.