{"id":16279,"date":"2020-12-31T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/31\/new-in-2021-how-the-army-wants-to-reduce-deployment-training-demands\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:35:29","slug":"new-in-2021-how-the-army-wants-to-reduce-deployment-training-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2020\/12\/31\/new-in-2021-how-the-army-wants-to-reduce-deployment-training-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2021: How the Army wants to reduce deployment, training demands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/20\/forces-command-chief-how-the-army-is-gearing-up-for-large-scale-combat\/\">force generation model<\/a> was introduced by Army leadership in fall 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intention is to better balance demands across the world with the transformational changes the service needs to prepare for a future fight against a peer adversary, Lt. 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Flynn, the deputy chief of staff for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/15\/the-armys-brigade-combat-teams-are-ready-for-a-big-fight-but-is-that-enough\/\">Army operations, plans and training<\/a>, has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubbed the \u201cRegionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization Model,\u201d the plan is to allocate Army units to different theaters in roughly one year, giving them expertise in the parts of the world to which they would deploy during an actual conflict and allowing them to stockpile the right equipment for those clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/10\/14\/new-force-generation-model-aims-to-regionally-align-army-units-give-troops-predictability\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5941493.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New force generation model aims to regionally align Army units, give troops predictability<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cIf we call you &#8230; you\u2019re going to go first because your equipment is tailored for that, you understand the environment &#8230; you know the adversary [and] you know the plan,&quot; said one Army general.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new model was introduced in October, alongside an announcement that the service will be working to reduce the demands of rotational deployments and decreasing requirements for brigade- and battalion-level training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Events over the past year have taxed the force, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/23\/deployed-82nd-airborne-unit-told-to-use-these-encrypted-messaging-apps-on-government-cellphones\/\">rapid deployment of paratroopers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/2020\/08\/13\/this-army-battalion-is-rewriting-how-missile-defense-gets-done\/\">air defense artillery<\/a> to the Middle East amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/23\/deployed-82nd-airborne-unit-told-to-use-these-encrypted-messaging-apps-on-government-cellphones\/\">tensions with Iran<\/a>, an unprecedented global pandemic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/06\/04\/no-those-werent-active-duty-troops-on-the-streets-of-dc-last-night-officials-say\/\">nationwide racial justice protests<\/a> that led to the mobilization of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/06\/04\/no-those-werent-active-duty-troops-on-the-streets-of-dc-last-night-officials-say\/\">Army National Guardsmen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am concerned about the Army\u2019s ops tempo as a whole,\u201d Army Chief of Staff James McConville said in an October interview. \u201cFor the last 19 years, the Army has been heavily, heavily deployed. 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