US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) Commanding General, General James Thurman, released the FORSCOM Campaign Plan 2011-2015 at the AUSA Annual Meeting.
‘The FORSCOM Campaign Plan describes my vision to man, equip and train our Soldiers to operate in a dynamic, complex environment’, said Thurman. ‘The plan is synchronous with the Army Campaign Plan, and focuses on our output-trained and ready forces capable of skillfully executing full spectrum operations anywhere in the world our capabilities are needed.
FORSCOM's mission is to train, mobilise, deploy, sustain, transform and reconstitute conventional forces as part of the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) process. FORSCOM has
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The new artillery and howitzer factory pre-dates the emphasis on this capability from this month’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR). The first joint industry-government meeting outlined in the review took place this week.
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Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is a next-generation surface-to-surface missile with the solid rocket motor (SRM) provided by Northrop Grumman. The company is working to boost its SRM production capability.
The CV90 is in service with or ordered by ten countries. The agreement between six of these countries is designed to create commonality to provide economies of scale and a reduced training burden.
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