Gone to Fiddler's Green

<p>The United States Army's transformation from the Army of Excellence design to the Modular design had profound changes for the corps organization. Armored cavalry regiments under the Army of Excellence design provided reconnaissance and security for corps. However the pending transformation of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment to a Stryker brigade combat team fundamentally changed the way corps conduct reconnaissance and security. This change raised the issue of a corps ability to conduct reconnaissance and security without a dedicated land-based organization. This study addresses a corps requirement for reconnaissance and security through the criteria of doctrine capability and organization. The study uses the criteria to describe how Army doctrine shapes a corps requirement for a reconnaissance and security organization the capabilities such an organization requires and the actual organizational structure of the reconnaissance and security force the Army designed. The case studies for analysis are the II Field Force Vietnam and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Operation TOAN THANG 43; VII Corps and 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment in Operation DESERT STORM; and V Corps in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The first two case studies represent different eras in the U.S. Army's history which saw corps-sized formations employ a dedicated reconnaissance and security organization. These case studies establish the Army's previous experience with armored cavalry regiments against different enemies and on different types of terrain. The last case study Operation IRAQI FREEDOM addresses a corps operating without a dedicated reconnaissance and security organization. The set of criteria to analyze the case studies are doctrine capability and organization. The main findings indicated the need for corps to have a dedicated reconnaissance and security organization. Although transformation in its final stages the Army is still in a period of transition between the Army of Excellence an</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>