{"id":82664,"date":"2025-08-26T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/26\/army-transformation-plan-could-undermine-infantry-brigades-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:33:37","slug":"army-transformation-plan-could-undermine-infantry-brigades-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2025\/08\/26\/army-transformation-plan-could-undermine-infantry-brigades-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Army transformation plan could undermine infantry brigades: Watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army\u2019s new plan to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/06\/27\/army-seeks-197-billion-fy26-budget-with-transformation-plan-at-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/06\/27\/army-seeks-197-billion-fy26-budget-with-transformation-plan-at-center\/\">leaner, more modern force<\/a> may actually undercut combat readiness, warns a congressional watchdog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/285100\/letter_to_the_force_army_transformation_initiative\" rel=\"\">Army Transformation Initiative<\/a>, or ATI, could affect \u201cthe availability of Army forces to support Combatant Command requirements and the effectiveness of Army ground operations, as well as the effectiveness of ATI-proposed changes to existing headquarters units,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/reports\/R48606.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/reports\/R48606.html\">report<\/a> by the Congressional Research Service, or CRS, which is Congress\u2019 in-house think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The specifics of ATI have yet to be finalized in the wake of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/05\/01\/secdef-wields-axe-to-brass-hqs-formations-to-fashion-leaner-army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/05\/01\/secdef-wields-axe-to-brass-hqs-formations-to-fashion-leaner-army\/\">directive<\/a> that called for transforming the Army \u201cat an accelerated pace by divesting outdated, redundant, and inefficient programs, as well as restructuring headquarters and acquisition systems.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegseth\u2019s directive was quickly followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/06\/18\/army-promises-to-deliver-analysis-on-sweeping-changes-in-10-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/06\/18\/army-promises-to-deliver-analysis-on-sweeping-changes-in-10-days\/\">letter to the force<\/a> from Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, which outlined a plan to convert Infantry Brigade Combat Teams, or IBCTs, to Mobile Brigade Combat Teams \u201cto improve mobility and lethality in a leaner formation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter also vowed to cancel the procurement of \u201coutdated crewed attack aircraft such as the AH-64D [helicopter], excess ground vehicles like the HMMWV [High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle] and JLTV [Joint Light Tactical Vehicle], and obsolete UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] like the Gray Eagle,\u201d as well as canceling programs \u201cthat deliver dated, late-to-need, overpriced, or difficult-to-maintain capabilities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army aviation would also take a hit, with <a href=\"https:\/\/thewarhorse.org\/army-cuts-helicopter-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/thewarhorse.org\/army-cuts-helicopter-units\/\">Army Reserve helicopter units<\/a> being inactivated, active-duty combat aviation brigades losing an air cavalry squadron apiece and medevac units having fewer helicopters. However, the Army would field more drones and long-range missiles, the M1E3 tank and the Future Long-Range Assault Helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CRS questions whether converting IBCTs into Mobile Brigade Combat Teams would affect the Army\u2019s 14 active component IBCTs and 20 National Guard IBCTs \u201cwith potential operational impacts in terms of organization and capabilities for Army infantry formations.\u201d Downsizing medevac helicopters \u201ccould affect casualty evacuation operations and patient survivability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, CRS also suggests that the combatant commands may have been frozen out of the ATI process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt also is not known if Combatant Commanders played any role in the development of ATI or had the opportunity to express their respective concerns over proposed ATI changes,\u201d the report said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In particular, reports that the Army may eliminate four of its six Security Force Assistance Brigades, \u201cwhich primarily support Combatant Commander\u2019s security force assistance efforts,\u201d could have operational implications, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/06\/18\/army-promises-to-deliver-analysis-on-sweeping-changes-in-10-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/06\/18\/army-promises-to-deliver-analysis-on-sweeping-changes-in-10-days\/\">complained<\/a> that the Army has yet to provide details and cost savings for ATI. 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