{"id":36304,"date":"2016-10-03T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/10\/03\/forscom-commander-we-are-not-in-an-inter-war-period\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:41:17","slug":"forscom-commander-we-are-not-in-an-inter-war-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/digital-show-dailies\/2016\/10\/03\/forscom-commander-we-are-not-in-an-inter-war-period\/","title":{"rendered":"FORSCOM Commander: &#8216;We Are Not In An Inter-War Period&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three Army components must continue to build soldier and unit readiness in the face of a volatile, complex and ambiguous world, the commander of U.S. Army Forces Command said Monday.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;Some may ask, why all the emphasis on readiness? And why all the emphasis to decrease post-mobilization time for the Army National Guard and United States Army Reserve?&#8221; Gen. Robert Abrams said. &#8220;Because contrary to some people&#8217;s opinion, we are not in an inter-war period.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> The Army currently rotates three armored brigade combat teams to Europe, Korea and Southwest Asia for nine months at a time. It is committed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and throughout the Pacific. <br\/><br\/> And it also must be surge-ready, said Abrams, who spoke Monday at the Guard and Reserve breakfast during the Association of the United States Army annual meeting.<br\/><br\/><b>For full AUSA 2016 coverage:\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/ausa\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/ausa\">www.defensenews.com\/ausa<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br\/><br\/> &#8220;We need to be ready to surge to support commander war plan requirements to defeat one of our near-peer competitors, like Russia or China or North Korea or Iran,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We have to defeat that one while denying the objective of another near-peer threat, while protecting the homeland, and continuing our counter-terrorism missions around the world.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> In order to meet all those requirements, the active Army &#8220;cannot do it alone,&#8221; Abrams said.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;It takes all 980,000 of us,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now, possibly more than ever, the readiness of the Guard and Reserve is crucial.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> While there&#8217;s still work to be done, especially as the Army continues to rebuild its core warfighting skills after 15 years of counter-insurgency operations, there already are signs of progress, Abrams said.<br\/><br\/> Last year, there were zero Army National Guard division headquarters deployed, he said. <br\/><br\/> Today, the 36th Infantry Division headquarters from the Texas Army National Guard is four months into its deployment to Afghanistan, becoming the first Guard division headquarters to assume authority for a regional command headquarters there since the start of the war, Abrams said.<br\/><br\/> In Jordan, the 29th Infantry Division headquarters, from Virginia and Maryland, assumed command of the military&#8217;s joint operations center there to support Operation Inherent Resolve, Abrams said. In December, the division also will assume responsibility for a &#8220;brand-new requirement&#8221; for a division headquarters to be fully employed in Kuwait to support U.S. Army Central and Operation Spartan Shield, he said.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;Both the 36th and 29th Infantry Divisions are filling critical roles in support of our combatant commanders,&#8221; Abrams said.<br\/><br\/> They also are providing key leadership and development opportunities for soldiers, he said.<br\/><br\/> Another effort is the Associated Units pilot program, which pairs active Army units with those in the Guard and Reserve. <br\/><br\/> The partnerships will mean &#8220;more training days, exchange of key personnel and oversight of training by the gaining headquarters,&#8221; Abrams said. <br\/><br\/> &#8220;All of that translates into increased readiness,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;ll also increase cross-component integration.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> The Army must continue to build on its total force, 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