{"id":49681,"date":"2022-10-11T13:44:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T13:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/11\/army-prepares-for-dispersed-warfare-with-high-casualties\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:14:05","slug":"army-prepares-for-dispersed-warfare-with-high-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2022\/10\/11\/army-prepares-for-dispersed-warfare-with-high-casualties\/","title":{"rendered":"Army prepares for dispersed warfare with high casualties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2013 Fighting in Ukraine continues to show senior Army leaders and thinkers the value of two things that the service hasn\u2019t been doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/03\/25\/chief-lays-out-army-role-in-the-future-fight-across-the-globe\/\" target=\"_blank\">at scale<\/a> for a long, long time \u2014 reconstitution and long-range, large-unit dispersion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brigade combat teams covered vast areas in counterinsurgency fights in Iraq and Afghanistan. But they simply won\u2019t have the manpower to cover the same distance in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/2022\/09\/13\/how-the-armys-tackling-these-six-goals-for-future-wars\/\" target=\"_blank\">large-scale combat operation against Russia or China<\/a>, said experts on a panel Monday at the annual Association of the U.S. Army meeting and exposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne thing that we should remember is the space in which the Russians are conducting combat operations \u2014 it\u2019s about 150 times as large as the National Training Center,\u201d said James Greer, associate professor at the Army\u2019s School of Advanced Military Studies. \u201cThe distance from Poland to the frontlines that we\u2019d have to fight is about 1,100 km. Again, that\u2019s 50 times the distances we fight at the National Training Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greer said the Russian force in Ukraine is equivalent to two full corps from the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means that units must disperse in non-contiguous fighting, and sometimes, far from help, whether that\u2019s resupply or even seeing the common operating picture, Greer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dispersion goes beyond the traditional battlefield concerns. Deputy Undersecretary of the Army Mario Diaz told the audience that dispersion matters at home station and across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAny force that has to fight in 2030 or beyond, we need to be prepared for a very active campaign against the homeland,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cAnd dispersion in that sense could be due to an inability to get what we need from our ports or into (U.S. Indo-Pacific Command).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dispersion of forces across the United States, based at a variety of locations, has been a strength, allowing the Army to avoid massing its units in one vulnerable location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And those units may have to reform or reconstitute, as Greer and others said, much like the Army had to do during intense campaigns in World War II, echoes of which are seen in Ukraine today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReconstitution is absolutely an imperative,\u201d Greer said. \u201cIt\u2019s something we can see both sides doing over and over and over again because of the destruction \u2014 the casualties everyone\u2019s taken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reconstitution of units has to happen at a division or corps level, which is where the Army\u2019s warfighting plans are headed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Greer said the seeds of dispersed fighting exist within the Army, most commanders who\u2019ve taken units, be they battalions or brigades, to Iraq or Afghanistan have had to operate dispersed, sometimes across an entire combatant command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But those dispersions were at a smaller scale and against a less developed adversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. Milford Beagle Jr., Combined Arms Center commander, said the fundamental aspect that undergirds the Army\u2019s new doctrine, Multi-Domain Operations, is that it is designed for large-scale combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the force is adding structure, personnel and equipment to enable the division and corps to take on those tasks that were left to the brigade combat teams in recent wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But brigade commanders won\u2019t want for a job to do, one four-star said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCritics will say you\u2019re going backward to go to a division,\u201d said Gen. 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