US Army Campaign Change Plan 3
- Release date
- March 5, 2008
An important high level US Army force composition and transformation planning document, Army Campaign Change Plan 3, 12 May 2006, 200 printed pages. Written at the For Official Use Only (FOUO) level by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff. The document details US Army transformation plans out to 2011.
- The Army is pursuing the most comprehensive transformation of its forces since World War II. Transformation is a process that shapes the changing nature of military competition and cooperation through new concepts, capabilities, people, and organizations that exploit the Nation’s advantages and protect against asymmetric vulnerabilities to sustain strategic position, which helps underpin peace and stability in the world. Army transformation is an integral component of Defense transformation. Army transformation produces evolutionary and revolutionary changes intended to improve Army and Joint Force capabilities to meet current and future full-spectrum requirements.
As is common for military documents each paragraph is preceded by its classification level. In this document the two classification levels used are:
- (FOUO) - For Official Use Only, and
- (U) - Unclassified
Within the US military, FOUO markings are primarily used to prevent material being accessed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Hence what the Pentagon deems to be politically sensitive parts of this document are helpfully labelled for journalists by their FOUO markings.
We can group the FOUO paragraphs in this document into two broad classes:
1. Domestic political considerations relating to congressional funding, continued deployment in Iraq and the relative funding levels of Army bases within the United States. For example:
- (FOUO) The National Defense Authorization Act 06 established end strength at 512.4K for FY 06 and beyond, with a minimum strength of 502.4K. By FY11, AC End Strength will stabilize at 482.4K with an Operating Force of 355K and an Institutional Force of 127.4K (including Trainees, Transients, Holdees, and Students (TTHS)). During the FY 06-11 timeframe, RC End Strength remains at 350K for the ARNG and 205K for the United States Army Reserve (USAR). However by FY 11, the RC will restructure and rebalance to eliminate overstructure and establish TTHS accounts within their Institutional Force (8K ARNG, 20.5K USAR).
- (FOUO) With sufficient resources, the Army can recruit and retain the right All-Volunteer Force. The Army is delegated authority for stop loss of necessary personnel through duration of emergency plus one year.
- (FOUO) The Army base budget will remain at current levels through the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).
2. Diplomatic considerations about increasing or decreasing US Army deployments at bases in allied countries such as Japan and Korea. For example:
- (FOUO) Supported commander for modular conversion of KOREA-based BCTs, support brigades, functional brigades, divisions, and theater subordinate commands through FY13 per ACP Change 3, Annex A (Army Organizations). Endstate for Army structure in KOREA is conditions-based.