I decided to make up my own mid-sized military (around 80,000 Army). You can take a look at it at the link below
http://ttb.20m.com/MILITARY.htm
Basically the Army includes of (9) Brigade Combat Teams [3 in the Reserves, 6 Active], (3) Armored Bdes, (1) Air Assault Bde, (1) Peacekeeping Bde, (1) Marine Bde, and (1) Special Ops Bde.
The Brigade Combat Team consists of a Light Infantry Brigade plus a company of tanks, a company of IFV's, and a company of armored scout vehicles to provide some combat punch. It also has a Howitzer Artillery Battalion and an Aviation Battalion with scout, attack, and utility choppers (OH-6; AH-6; H-92; EH-101). Unarmored Mechanization for the light infantry is within the Support Group.
The Armored Bde consists (2) Tank Battalions with Leopards and (1) IFV Battalion with CV90's, plus artillery, recon, and aviation.
The Air Assault has (3) Airborne battalions of light infantry, with one of the battalions being Parachute capable. The Aviation includes 20 EH-101 to move a full battalion of troops, 24 light attack helicopters, and 8 scout helicopters pursuant to the execution of an air assault.
The Peacekeeping Brigade features (3) Peacekeeping Battalions. Each has three companies of infantry trained for policing, crowd control, and peacekeeping, and one company with civil affairs and translation personnel. To deal with dangerous situations there is a company of armored vehicles.
The Marine Bde has three self-contained Marine Expeditionary Groups (MEG's). They are pure light infantry, with no mechanization, but with some aviation. I'll talk about them later, so hang on.
The Special Ops Brigade has (2) Commando Battalions, basically like the 75th Rangers in concept. It also has one battalion with 36 12-man Teams, like a reinforced Green Beret battalion. Helicopter aviation is self-contained. Fixed-wing aviation in terms of parachute-capable planes, CAS, and tankers is available in the Air Force.
In addition to these self-contained combat units there's a supplemental aviation, artillery, Military Police, and mortar battalion that can supplement forces.
The Army has four "Combat Groups". Basically the only unit permanently assigned to a Combat Group is the headquarters and command element. If more than one brigade is involved in a real operation overseas than a "Combat Group" is sent over and all the Army units are assigned to it. It has command over all the Army units involved with the mission until the mission is over. And it is totally scaleable, so forces can be added and subtracted over the operation. And it can reconfigure the forces for optimization. For example, the "Combat Group" has qualified armor, artillery, aviation, and support commanders so the individual armor, artillery, aviatiom, and support assets of each brigade can be consolidated. For instance, if there are three Brigade Command Teams, the three total tank companies from them can be made into a Tank Battalion under an armor officer from the "Army Group". The brigade combat team commander can be reduced to having just his infantry brigade under his command, although that would be extreme.
The four Combat Groups are commanded by a Major General. The Army Corps is commanded by a Lt. General and would be used whenever a force of more than three brigades were assigned for a mission.
Next is the Air Force. It is divided into three identical Air Forces, one in reserve, two active. Each has 44 Strike Fighters, 32 A-21's (made up name for a 21st century A-10), 14 KC-767's, 8 C-767's, 24 C-39's (21st Century C-130), 6 Learjets, and 12 E-767 (combing the Sentry and JStar). It also has 6 HH-101 CSAR choppers plus (2) HC-39 planes for CSAR refueling and paratrooping. And there is also one Special Ops Air Force unit which I talked about earlier.
There are (2) "Air Force Teams", under the command of a Major General. These are again command and control structures like the "Army Group". They are in command when Air Force units are deployed overseas or for a real mission. There are also (2) Air Force Groups. These are used for command and control when a large amount of Air Force units are deployed.
The Navy is small because I think good Navy's are expensive as hell, even when compared to Air Forces' which are expensive as hell. It is better to not try at all than to do a half-baked job IMO. Without lots of money (and with 80,000-persons in the Army lets assume this a medium-size county with medium-sized resources) it isn't worth trying. The Navy has 8 destroyers and 12 frigates. (The Coast Guard handles patrols, law enforcement, and civilian SAR) However, I did include (3) Amphibious ships. That is something I think worthwhile to invest in. Basically these ships can each house one Marine Expeditionary Group from the 10th Marine Brigade from the Army, along with its 8 helicopters. The 10th Marines have three Marine Expeditionary Groups (MEG), and there are three ships so most of the year one MEG can be deployed forward. They can evacuate embassy personnel and native people living overseas, and do those kinds of things; protect interests overseas.
The Navy also has command and control scaleable structures like the other services. There are (2) Navy Group Commands that would command a few ships and these are commanded by a 1-star Admiral. And there is one (1) Fleet Command that would command several ships and it is commanded by a two-star.
And then there is a "Joint Command", under the command of a three-star from any service. There are four of these.
Lets say this military decides to help the U.S. and send troops to Afghanistan. From the Army they'll send the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 15th Air Assault Brigade, and 19th Peacekeeping Brigade, plus the 1st Aviation Battalion to provide more helicopter lift. In addition, one Special Ops Commando Battalion and several 12-man teams have been secretley ordered to deploy.
The Air Force will send (2) Combat Support Squadrons (32 A-21's) and no strike fighters (the U.S. has assured them they'll provide air superioriy, bombers, and air control). THe Air Force will also send over elements from its tanker squadron, heavy lift squadron, medium lift squadron, and rescue squadron.
The Navy will maintain one of their Amphibious Ships, with a Marine Expeditionary Group embarked, offshore for emergency situations.
In this situation, a "Army Group" command would control the (3) Brigades, the supplemental Aviation Battalion, and would have administrative, though not operational, command over the Special Ops Commando Battalion.
The "Air Force Group" command would control the CAS planes, tankers, and lift planes.
The Navy would not need a "Navy Group" command because only one ship is involved. The commander of the amphibious ship would simply command his ship based on orders.
The "Joint Command" would have the "Army Group", "Air Force Group", and Amphibious Ship unders it command. They would report to and follow the orders of the Joint Command. The Joint Command would be well staffed with mostly Army officers, many Air Force officers, and a few Navy officers. The Joint Command would also have a "Special Operations Command" within it, which would have operational command over all assets.
The mission lasts 6 months. At that point the brigades and squadrons return home, and the Army Group, Air Group, and Joint Command have no combat units any longer assigned to them. Eventually they'll be another mission and different units will be assigned to them.
The End.
Edited by - ViperTTB on Aug 18 2003 04:54 AM
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