{"id":44896,"date":"2022-02-23T22:38:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T22:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/23\/these-soldiers-will-reinvent-cavalry-over-the-next-two-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:36:55","slug":"these-soldiers-will-reinvent-cavalry-over-the-next-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/02\/23\/these-soldiers-will-reinvent-cavalry-over-the-next-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"These soldiers will reinvent cavalry over the next two years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cavalry soldiers are preparing to begin a pilot program this year that could presage the future of Army divisions as the service rebuilds itself to fight peer adversaries at the corps level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Gen. John B. Richardson recently discussed the work that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/1stcav\" target=\"_blank\">1st Cavalry Division<\/a> has been doing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/10\/08\/three-1st-cavalry-division-ncos-receive-awards-for-saving-the-life-of-a-suicidal-soldier\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Hood, Texas<\/a>, to modernize the Army\u2019s division as a warfighting unit during the service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/10\/11\/armor-school-is-keeping-the-close-fight-in-its-aperture\/\" target=\"_blank\">transition <\/a>from two decades of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations to conventional wars against peer adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson gave a sneak peek during the 2022 Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Benning, Georgia, on Feb. 16 of the formation he\u2019s been tasked with designing and handing off to his replacement by 2024.<\/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\/2021\/03\/25\/chief-lays-out-army-role-in-the-future-fight-across-the-globe\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SFAB1.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\">Chief lays out Army role in the future fight across the globe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">New formations \u2014 and adjustments to existing formations \u2014 feature prominently in the next wave of Army priorities.<\/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 1st Cavalry set up, dubbed the \u201cPenetration Division,\u201d is aimed at filling gaps that arose both out of the focus on COIN and CT work, but also from the advances made by Russia and China in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many as 17 \u201ccritical gaps\u201d exist in the current design, Richardson said in his presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of those include a lack of adequate tactical mobility to sustain, move and survive; a lack of deep sensing; no long-range fires convergence to destroy enemy anti-access\/area denial platforms; a lack of sufficient attack and reconnaissance aviation assets or air assault at the scale needed for large combat operations; no organic electronic warfare capability at the brigade-level; no mobile short-range air defense or air defense artillery readily available to protect the maneuver force at the division level; no division-sized bridging capabilities; and a paltry ability to shape the deep fight with existing long-range fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2264\" height=\"1490\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/black-jack-brigade.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/black-jack-brigade.jpg.jpg 2264w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/black-jack-brigade.jpg.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/black-jack-brigade.jpg.jpg?resize=768,505 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/black-jack-brigade.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,674 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/black-jack-brigade.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1011 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/black-jack-brigade.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1348 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2264px) 100vw, 2264px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elements of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, convoy to the Hohenfels Training Area for Combined Resolve XIII on Jan. 18, 2020. (Sgt. Megan V. Zander\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will kick off a Division Cavalry pilot program this year to conclude in late fiscal year 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That effort will involve field exercises near the conclusion of the pilot. At the same time, an effort to build up the Medium Short Range Air Defense, or M-SHORAD, capabilities within the division has already begun, Richardson showed Maneuver Warfighter Conference attendees through a series of slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From that pilot, decisions by top Army leaders will trigger unit redesigns incorporating changes to division headquarters, armored brigade combat teams, engineer units, artillery formations, and activating the Army\u2019s new Extended Range Cannon Artillery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cavalry squadron\u2019s whole purpose, Richardson explained, is to enable the division to contact the enemy \u201con our terms\u201d in large-scale combat. The squadron will continue being the \u201ceyes and ears\u201d of the division, doing its cross-domain reconnaissance, security and economy of force missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even Richardson was on the fence as to whether the current name \u2014 penetration division \u2014 is the right term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re an element of the exploitation, but have we named this correctly?\u201d Richardson asked. \u201cIs it really a penetration division or is it an exploitation division?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea is to first \u201cpenetrate\u201d with long-range fires and then push units into deep penetration to disintegrate the enemy\u2019s defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The penetration approach differs from the historical norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richardson compared the standard envelopment, flank attack and turning movement options, which are less risky but don\u2019t provide as much reward in the rapidity and depth of disintegration of enemy forces as a penetration approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4614\" height=\"2374\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3765649.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3765649.jpg.jpg 4614w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3765649.jpg.jpg?resize=300,154 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3765649.jpg.jpg?resize=768,395 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3765649.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,527 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3765649.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,790 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3765649.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1054 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4614px) 100vw, 4614px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division prepare several M1A2 Abrams tanks for a field training exercise during Bright Star 2017, Sept. 12, 2017, at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt. (Staff Sgt. Michael Battles\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While quick action is essential in this method of combat, so is follow-through. And that\u2019s where Richardson sees the role of the Army\u2019s division, especially its cavalry, making a joint fight with major ground operations work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCritical to a successful penetration is the execution of an exploitation, a type of offensive operation that follows a successful attack, designed to disorganize the enemy in-depth and win decisively,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key is speed, momentum and leveraging multidomain capabilities to reveal enemy position and assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The still-forming plans would make armored brigade combat teams and cavalry squadrons separate pieces. The cavalry squadron will hold about 947 soldiers and will detach from its current place within the ABCT structure. The ABCT would contain an armored cavalry troop of 182 soldiers along with six battalion scout platoons of 36 soldiers each and associated support units, such as headquarters and maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The squadron would also add two air cavalry troops to get more recon depth and operational reach, Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each brigade within the division will get its own armored cavalry troop as part of its reconnaissance and surveillance assets, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this plan, the division would deploy the cavalry on the flanks of the ABCTs to perform recon and security. Typically, that role would provide about an 18-30-kilometer cushion of awareness for the division. But with the arrival of new multi-domain operations capabilities, Richardson said that the same unit can provide up to a 60-kilometer screen for the division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6521116.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6521116.jpg.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6521116.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6521116.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6521116.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6521116.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6521116.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SMARDAN, Romania\u2014U.S. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division move in formation during squad live fire exercise at Smardan Training Area, Feb. 9. 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, based out of Ford Hood, Texas, arrived in Oct. 2020, and is the seventh rotation of an armored brigade combat team in support of Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Samantha DiMauro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way the Army envisions their role in the future fight flows as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Joint forces and Army long-range fires strike enemy operational fires.<\/li><li>Army ground units then move into the area, \u201cstimulating\u201d more responses from enemy positions and platforms.<\/li><li>U.S. and allied fires continue to strike as the division works as the main maneuver element, finding and hitting the remaining enemy anti-access\/area denial systems.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One challenge ahead for Richardson is getting all elements of the division freed up to do the reorganization. That\u2019s tough when two of his sustainment companies are on deployment \u2014 his combat aviation brigade is currently in Europe and his division artillery is still spread out across the brigades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To experiment with the changes, the division must be taken off the deployment calendar, as well as major pre-deployment training exercises. That doesn\u2019t mean those soldiers get a true break, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the next two years of work, the reorganized unit will perform multiple field training exercises, most in 2023. Then there will be a validation exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, the same year, Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The validation exercise is key, because if the unit doesn\u2019t train together as a true division, the changes won\u2019t be properly tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unit has \u201cto go and fight as a team,\u201d or they\u2019ll keep fighting as though they\u2019re still in brigade combat teams and not as a division, Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will build, reorganize, train and certify this division cavalry during my tenure and pass before fiscal year 2024,\u201d Richardson said. This will give the next commander of 1st Cavalry Division a reformed unit, \u201cturnkey ready on day one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Fort Hood, Texas unit is reorganizing for the future 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