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? asked in Politics & GovernmentMilitary · 6 years ago

Why is the US Army structured so strangely.?

I mean, it just seems to out of shape and random. Like in the National Guard for example, you will have one division tasked with three or four states that are not even anywhere near each other.

I will also give an example,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Divisi...

Look at the way there will be a couple battalions in one BCT connected to the same regiment, then the next Battalion is connected to a completely different regiment. Based off my experience it goes Company-Battallion-Brigade/Regiment-Division-Corps-Army-Army group. What purpose does it serve to have a regiment and brigade structure?

Why is the millitary structures and formed like this, what is wrong with the traditional Square Division.

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    6 years ago
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    Because we don't use the Regimental system any more. Battalions are independent of any Regimental oversight. They keep the notional regiment 'over' them for historical purposes. We also don't fight as divisions anymore. We fight as Brigades.

    Source(s): US Army Cavalry Sergeant
  • The comp/batt/brig/reg/division structure allows flexibility in forming an expeditionary force at the needed size and capabilities.

    Source(s): a U.S. Marine vet who spent 11 months in Iraq in 2004-2005 (3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, attached to 31st MEU, Regimental Combat Team I), mostly in anbar province. I am now a multi degreed engineer and a doctoral candidate working for America's largest defense contractor.
  • those regiments have no actual meaning today. so what you're looking at, actually >IS< a nice and combed division, just honoring the x3 branching instead of the x4. as for the respective units garrisons, it is what it is, historically.

  • 6 years ago

    If you worry about things like this, you must have a hecka life

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