The U.S. Army has released a white paper outlining changes to its force structure to advance modernization and better address future threats amid the evolving security environment.
The military branch said Tuesday it is advancing a force structure transformation effort after performing an assessment using the Total Army Analysis process — a.k.a. TAA — and conducting consultations with Congress.
The transformation effort will enable the Army to develop new capabilities to meet the requirements outlined in the National Defense Strategy and reduce the gap between force structure and current active duty end strength.
According to the document, TAA decisions will reduce the “authorized” troop levels to about 470,000 warfighters by fiscal year 2029.
To enact the transformation initiative, the Army will add more than 30 new or updated systems across its critical modernization portfolios into new and current types of units.
The service will complete the establishment of its five multidomain task forces: new theater-level assets that include a headquarters and headquarters battalion; a long-range fires battalion; a multidomain effects battalion; a brigade support battalion; and an indirect fire protection capability, or IFPC.
The military branch is making key investments in the force structure supporting integrated air and missile defense at the division and corps levels. These include four additional IFPC battalions, nine counter-small unmanned aircraft system batteries and four additional Maneuver Short Range Air Defense, or M-SHORAD, battalions.