{"id":77102,"date":"2021-03-09T17:24:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/09\/new-army-readiness-model-to-take-effect-in-october\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:46:53","slug":"new-army-readiness-model-to-take-effect-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/03\/09\/new-army-readiness-model-to-take-effect-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"New Army readiness model to take effect in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Army units will enter a new operational model that aligns them with different parts of the world and prepares them to receive new equipment Oct. 1, the start of fiscal 2022, the service said last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Regionally Aligned Readiness and Modernization Model<\/a> was tested at the end of February during a three-star general officer rehearsal, said Army spokesman Jason Waggoner. The officers conducted a table-top exercise for a rehearsal of concept drill at the Center for Army Analysis on Fort Belvoir, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drill ran through vignettes that involved moving units, like brigade combat teams and Patriot missile battalions, across theaters, according to an Army news release<\/a>. The exercise also addressed potential disruptions to deployments that could crop up, such as regional crises and delays in equipping troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new model will apply to all three components of the Army. Active-duty forces will cycle through eight-month phases of modernization, training and being on mission, the release stated<\/a>. Guard and Reserve units will have extended phases, though the time lengths were not provided. Waggoner also declined to provide further information about the model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has been said publicly is that the new model is intended to give units expertise in the parts of the world to which they would actually deploy during a conflict. It will also allow them to build up the right equipment at prepositioned stocks for those clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t