military-request@att.att.com (10/24/90)
From: Eric Price <sagpd1!eprice>
Dear Bill and Fellow sci.military Readers,
Can any one provide the T.O. and E. ( Table of Organization and
Equipment) for a U.S. Army Division. This would be down to the
Batallion/Company level for an Armoured, Mechanized, Light and
Airborne/Airmobile Division.
Having only ever served in an Airborne Batallion Combat Team
( 1 Bn 509 Inf ABCT) and then in a Combat Engineer Platoon of
a Combat Support Company (we pulled a lot of guard for B co's
C.O. since we did have a 60) I semm to be a little confused
when I read media reports of the 24 'th Divisions Aviation
Brigade.
Many Thanks,
eric aka egp || eprice@sagpd1
P.S. It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop,
all the waybze0307@dcrb.dla.mil (John Champlin) (10/26/90)
From: bze0307@dcrb.dla.mil (John Champlin) librarian at your local public librarian can get via ILL of the Army FMs titles by the type of unit you wish to study - my index of FMs etc (DA PAM 360-10(?)) isn't handy. Furthermore the modern Army attaches so many units for added suppport in an actual operational theater that the basic T/O is only the bare minimum starting point. Units traditionally get more Engineer and transportation support. A Corps and Army is basically a pool for support units and Command and Control Center.
morgan@ms.uky.edu (Wes Morgan) (10/29/90)
From: Wes Morgan <morgan@ms.uky.edu> >From: bze0307@dcrb.dla.mil (John Champlin) > Furthermore the modern Army attaches so many units for added >suppport in an actual operational theater that the basic T/O is only the >bare minimum starting point. Units traditionally get more Engineer and >transportation support. A Corps and Army is basically a pool for support >units and Command and Control Center. You also have to consider the inactive units attached to each battalion-or-higher unit. For instance, the 8th Engr Bn (C), 1st Cav Div, FT Hood, TX, has no D Company in peacetime. In most battle scenarios, however, D Company would be reactivated using Army Reserve troops. In fact, if memory serves, something like a Reserve BRIGADE would be assigned to D Co, 8th Engr Bn; they would then be farmed out to the other companies of the battalion. One also has to remember that support units such as the Engineers are not necessarily kept intact. Most Combat Engineer units can function at platoon level. That's exactly what happens; this in- fantry unit over here gets 1 Engineer platoon, that signal unit get 1 Engineer platoon, et cetera. There may be an Engineer pla- toon listed on many units' TO&E; just keep in mind that they may not be there until wartime...... -- | Wes Morgan, not speaking for | {any major site}!ukma!ukecc!morgan | | the University of Kentucky's | morgan@engr.uky.edu | | Engineering Computing Center | morgan%engr.uky.edu@UKCC.BITNET | Lint is the compiler's only means of dampening the programmer's ego.