Medium-Weight Brigade Structure and the Transformation of the US Army and the Army of Ukraine

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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
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THE MEDIUM-WEIGHT BRIGADE STRUCTURE AND THE
TRANSFORMATION OF THE U.S. ARMY AND THE ARMY
OF UKRAINE
Mykhailo Kyrylenko
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Thomas-Durrel Young
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The U.S. Armj; has faced many formidable decisions on how best to transform. The fundamental changes in the strategic
environment after the Cold War, crucial advances in technology and military doctrine related to the Gulf War and permanent
involvement in peacekeepinglpeacemaking operations around the world have led to a more flexible and lethal force structure. An
army should maintain the capability for conducting various military operations from small-scale contingencies to major theaters of
war. Therefore, based on major changes in the strategic environment-a dismantled Warsaw Pact, increasing asymmetrical threats,
budget constrains along with frequent involvement in contingency operations-the U.S. Army once more confronts transformation
and reorganization.
l k st hesis focuses on the current transformation of the U.S. Army to examine the history of reorganizing the US. Army along
with the dynamics of reforming the Ukrainian Army. Th~sth esis explores why a "medium-weight brigade-size" force structure
became the key feature of the U.S. Army's transformation strategy for forces of the 21" century namely, the "Objective Forces." The
main intention of thls thesis is to reach conclusions about how the US. Army's transformation experience can be applied to the
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United States, Ukraine, The Transformation of the U.S. Army, The Initial Brigade Combat Team,
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THE MEDIUM-WEIGHT BRIGADE STRUCTURE AND
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE U.S. ARMY AND
THE ARMY OF UKRAINE
Mykhailo Kyrylenko
Lieutenant Colonel, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
B.S., San-Petersburg, The High Military College, 1986
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
AND CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
from the
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
March 2001
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Donald Abenheim, Thesis kd-~dvisor
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James J. Wirtz, ~h&an
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ABSTRACT
The U.S. Army has faced many formidable decisions on how best to transform.
The fundamental changes in the strategic environment after the Cold War, crucial
advances in technology and military doctrine related to the Gulf War and permanent
involvement in peacekeepinglpeacemaking operations around the world have led to a
more flexible and lethal force structure. An army should maintain the capability for
conducting various military operations from small-scale contingencies to major theaters
of war. Therefore, based on major changes in the strategic environment-a dismantled
Warsaw Pact, increasing asymmetrical threats, budget constrains along with frequent
involvement in contingency operations-the U.S. Army once more confronts
transformation and reorganization.
This thesis focuses on the current transformation of the U.S. Army to examine the
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history of reorganizing the US. Army along with the dynamics of reforming the
Ukrainian Army. This thesis explores why a "medium-weight brigade-size" force
structure became the key feature of the U.S. Army's transformation strategy for forces of
the 21'' century namely the "Objective Forces." The main intention of this thesis is to
reach conclusions about how the U.S. Army's transformation experience can be applied
to the current process of developing the Army of Ukraine.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I INTRODUCTION 1
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I1 BACKGROUND OF THE U.S. ARMY'S REORGANIZATION 13
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A EVOLUTION OF THE U.S. ARMY'S DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE 13
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B THE GULF WAR AND ARMED CONFLICTS IN THE BALKANS 25
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I11 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY ISSUES 39
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IV FISCAL YEAR 2001 AND THE U.S. ARMY'S TRANSFORMATION 49
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THE U.S. ARMY UNDER THE TRANSFORMATION PLAN OF
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1999 -53
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A NECESSITIES FOR THE U.S. ARMY TRANSFORMATION 53
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B THE CURRENT STATE OF THE U.S. ARMY 57
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C THE U.S. ARMY TRANSFORMATION
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STRATEGY 59
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VI FIRST STEP-IBCT (FORT LEWIS. WA) 63
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A THE ROLE OF THE BRIGADE 63
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B KEY POINTS OF THE BRIGADE'S OPERATIONAL CONCEPT 67
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VII THE INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE AND THE MILITARY ISSUE 79
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A THE SOVIET MILITARY DICTIUNE AND COMBINED ARMS
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CONCEPT 79
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B THE LEGACY OF THE SOVIET ARMY 84
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VIII UKRAINE AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER 91
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A THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS 91
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B DEPENDENCE OF THE MODEL OF THE ARMED FORCES ON
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THE POLITICAL-MILITARY STATUS OF UKRAINE -93
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C THE NEW THREATS TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF
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UKRAINE 95
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D EFFECT OF AN ECONOMIC SITUATION IN UKRAINE ON
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REFORMING ITS ARMED FORCES 101
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E THE STATE PROGRAM OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES
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REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT UNTIL 2005 103
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IX CONCLUSIONS 109
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 117
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INITIAL DISTRIBUTION LIST 121
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Provides an Example of the Initial Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)
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Orgmzation. ........................................................................................ -70
Figure 2. Provides an Example of a Combined Arms Battalion Organization of the
Initial Brigade Combat Team (IBCT). .......................................................... .71
Figure 3. Provides Symbology of the Initial Brigade Combat Team (IBCT). .............7 2