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2004-02-10 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2004-02-10 1:57:44 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Being able tkeep your family in one place instead of moving every couple of years will go along way toward reducing family friction and help with retention,too.

Posted by Raptor 2004-2-10 7:35:58 AM|| 2004-2-10 7:35:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Good to see that the Ary is finnaly catching up with the Air Force! The Air Force program is called "Homesteading" and works very well.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-2-10 8:22:46 AM|| 2004-2-10 8:22:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Everything old is new again. This is the way things used to be, people stayed in one unit for a long time and built up unit cohesion. Then the pencil pushers decided that moving people around would give them a wider breath of experience and put limits on how long you could remain in one place. It was very disruptive, especially to families. This move back to homebasing is a good thing.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-10 8:35:44 AM|| 2004-2-10 8:35:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I served for roughly 26 years, combined active, reserve, and "other". During that time, I made 16 major moves and pulled about a half-dozen temporary duty assignments. The longest I ever stayed anywhere was 4 1/2 years. And I was Air Force!

This is a nice concept, but I'm not sure it's workable as it's designed. We have too many major commitments worldwide, each with its own requirements and needs. I'd much rather see the Army designate four or five stateside bases and an equal number of National Guard and Reserve units to be a "block", and move the regiments and brigades of that block where they're needed, as a unit. It would take some strong logistic planning, but we could swap out the 37,000 soldiers in Korea in three 12,000+ unit segments, leaving two units with experience while the third gets up to snuff. I could also see remaining with a given division or corps for an entire career, but not a single unit. There would be a need for some minor adjustments of personnel, based on mission and manpower needs.

I think the Army's trying to do what it can to make life in today's military easier - I'm just not sure the current plan will work that well to meet the needs of both the Army and its people.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-2-10 2:22:47 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-2-10 2:22:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 OP,

Make no mistake, this is being done for the Army, not its people. It's woprkable, because it was how the Army worked before WWII as some member of the Army of Steve pointed out.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-2-11 12:02:56 AM|| 2004-2-11 12:02:56 AM|| Front Page Top

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