{"id":25266,"date":"2020-10-13T16:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T16:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/10\/13\/deployment-demands-training-requirements-to-be-reduced-army-leaders-announce\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:15:18","slug":"deployment-demands-training-requirements-to-be-reduced-army-leaders-announce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/10\/13\/deployment-demands-training-requirements-to-be-reduced-army-leaders-announce\/","title":{"rendered":"Deployment demands, training requirements to be reduced, Army leaders announce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army secretary started this year\u2019s Association of the United States Army with a bang, announcing the service will be reducing the demands of rotational deployments and decreasing requirements for brigade- and battalion-level training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events over the past year have taxed the force, including a rapid deployment of paratroopers<\/a> and air defense artillery<\/a> to the Middle East during tensions with Iran<\/a>, an unprecedented global pandemic and nationwide racial justice protests<\/a> that led to the mobilization of thousands of Army National Guardsmen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s on top of the regular rotations of brigade combat teams to Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as training exercises within the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe first step we are taking is giving time back to unit commanders to invest in their people,\u201d Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said during the AUSA conference\u2019s opening ceremony Tuesday. \u201cWe are removing gated training requirements and reducing the demands of rotational deployments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will focus our training on the basics of individual, squad, platoon and company-level training and key leader training while reducing the requirement to conduct brigade and battalion live-fire exercises,” McCarthy added. \u201cWe will pursue options for brigade combat training centers<\/a> that are a mix of in-the-box organic battalions, command post exercises and heavy-light rotations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The efforts are intended to give more time back to units so leaders can invest in their soldiers and families, according to McCarthy. The changes were also alluded to by Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville during an interview with Army Times last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\t