Regionally Aligned Forces Europe Produce Long-Term Readiness

摘要

After the third rotation to Europe of 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), 3rd Infantry Division, in support of the Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) Europe mission, the BCT's S-3,the BCT's support-operations officer (SPO) and the BCT executive officer sat down to try to codify what 1st ABCT accomplished over nearly 12 months' deployment. This was in Winter 2016, so Objective-T was the unit-readiness standard that focused primarily on collective live-fires as a key indicator of a unit's training status. Our BCT deployed across 17 countries, mostly down to the company level, so there were limited opportunities to conduct large-scale collective live-fires. Examining the training events we executed, we realized RAF Europe produced a readiness at echelon in both the long and short term.