PP Presentation
Increased Missions... greater demands on soldiers and
Army families.
- On a typical day in the 1990s, the Army has 138,000 soldiers providing OVERSEAS
PRESENCE for the United States. Over 40% of the Army’s Fighting Forces are
performing this essential mission RIGHT NOW!
- The average fighting soldier spends 138 DAYS away from home each year.
- The operational pace on organizations and equipment, and the personnel tempo for
the Army’s soldiers, is at an all-time high!
PERSONNEL MISSIONS COUNTRIES
20,000 Operational Deployments 80
65,000 Overseas Presence - Europe 22
50,000 Overseas Presence - Pacific 8
3,000 Overseas Presence- Americas 11
Worldwide Deployments
A Different Army...greatly reduced since
the end of the Cold War and Desert Storm.
- We have transformed from a forward-based Army to a Power Projection Army,
ready to deploy anywhere needed.
- We have gone from 18 Active Army Combat Divisions in 1989 to 10 in 1996.
In that same time period, the Army lost 37% of its Active Combat Brigades and 25%
of its Active Battalions. 110 Active Combat Battalions were removed from Europe
in less than four years!
Now More Important Than Ever...
America’s Community-Based Army.
- Increased missions at home and abroad, combined with a
reduced Active Army have led us to depend more heavily on
the Army Reserve and National Guard.
- All soldiers--Active, Guard and Reserve--serve together as part of the Army Team.
138,000