AUSA 10: FORSCOM releases five year campaign plan
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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