{"id":15547,"date":"2019-03-06T19:37:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T19:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/06\/major-army-force-structure-changes-afoot\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:45:14","slug":"major-army-force-structure-changes-afoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/03\/06\/major-army-force-structure-changes-afoot\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Army is preparing for major changes to force structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Update: This story has been updated to reflect Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley\u2019s correct title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Army is preparing to make what it deems as necessary, and major, organizational changes to its force structure within the next five years, according to the Futures and Concepts Center director<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is going to be a fundamental change in the organizational structure to fight the way we are describing,\u201d Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley told an audience at the Center for a New American Security in Washington on March 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Army has relied on counterinsurgency operations over the past 15 years that depended greatly on the Brigade Combat Team. But now, with a new focus on large-scale ground combat operations anticipated in the future operating environment, \u201cthat will require echelons above brigade, all of which will solve unique and distinct problems that a given BCT can\u2019t solve by itself,\u201d Wesley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t