Plan BEERSHEBA(Army Adaptive Campaign Plan – Next Phase)

Brief to Land Environment Working Group

BRIG Greg BiltonDGDP-A

28 Jun 11

Scope

• Transition drivers• Objective of Plan BEERSHEBA• Method and implementation

Director General Development and Plans - Army

Transition drivers

• Operations generation imperatives• Disposition and Future Defence Estate Profile• Major Capital Facilities• Defence Capability Plan implications - Basis of

Provisioning• Defence Support Group, Joint Logistics

Command, Joint Health Command, Chief Information Officer Group

• People (including establishment hollowness)• Resources

Director General Development and Plans - Army

Plan BEERSHEBA Objective

• Next phase of Adaptive Army• Maximise the development of joint capability• Preparedness and Force Generation as force

structure determinants• Development of multi-role manoeuvre brigades• Dedicated amphibious capability• Living within our means• A better balanced force

Director General Development and Plans - Army

Director General Development and Plans - Army

• BRIGADE BASED TASK FORCE

• ONE DEPLOYABLE MAJOR JTF

• FOUR DEPLOYABLE MINOR JTF

• THREE LIKE DEPLOYABLE MANOEUVRE BRIGADES

• SPECIAL FORCES TASK GROUPS

• SPECIALIST BRIGADES AND COMMANDS

Like Manoeuvre Formations

EnablingFormations &

Commands

Training Formations

FE

FE

FE

FE

AB

INITIO

SKIL

LS A

ND

CA

REE

R

IET / RO

BC

Force Preparation

Force Generation: Key Force Structure Determinant

End state-Force Structure

• Three multi – role manoeuvre brigades containing all elements of the combined arms team comprising:– Tank, close combat protected mobility, infantry, SP and

towed artillery, combat engineer, C2 and close support logistics

• Capable of mounted close combat• Integration of amphibious capability (JP2048) and

Combined Arms Fighting System• Three specialist bde providing low density, key

enablers better able to be force generated centrally (Avn, Logistics and Health, ISTAREW)

• SO and Reserve elements force generated separately

Director General Development and Plans - Army

Army Amphibious Dedicated Battlegroup -Plan BEERSHEBA Concept

CSSAviation

SHIP’S CREW

Ships’ Boats & connectors

C2, Engineering etc

Joint AmphibiousOperations C2

AmphibLand

C2

Commander Amphib

Task Group

AmphibMaritime

C2

Battle group Headquarters(10th BG, 7th Infantry Bn HQ)

ADAS CAPABILITYADAS CAPABILITY

FE

FE

FE

FE

AmphibForce

GenerationElement

CombatTeam

Other Elements Aviation, CSS,

Signals, Protected Mobility etc

ASSIS

TS

ASSIS

TS

READY ELEMENTS PROVIDE

READY ELEMENTS PROVIDE

CAPABILITY BRICKS

CAPABILITY BRICKS

RETURNRETURNAT RESET

AT RESET

Reserve Main Effort Provision of Capability to total force - Plan BEERSHEBA Concept

Combat Forces (Regular/Reserve)

Other deployable capabilities

Deployed force level C2, CSS etc

FE

FE

FE

FE

Ready Brigade and

enabling Brigade / Formation force

elements

Integration of Force StructuresIntegration of Force Structures(mix of military and civilian skills base)

Aviation Brigade

CSS Brigade

Combat Support & ISTAR Brigade

Integrated Integrated Surge CapabilitySurge Capability

ArmyC2

Integrated training

force structure

Integrated force preparation orgs

Special Forces Elements

2nd Division and other Reserve raise, train and sustain force

structureProvision of EffectsProvision of Effects

(generally military skills base)

Reserve in Enabling Component

E.g. Medical, Engineering, Surveillance, CSS etc

E.g. Force protection, protected mobility, engineers etc

High Readiness, Active Reserve, other

Standby Reserve

Living within our means

• Work force– Army of 30500 at end state– Removal of 700 hollow establishment positions

• Strategic Reform Program– Reinvestment– Changes to extant practises

• Defence Capability Plan• Sustainment• Force Structure Review 13

Director General Development and Plans - Army

Method

• Mar – Jun – Army internal ongoing deliberations including

ARES planning– Engagement with wider Army

• By 30 Jun 11- Best plan finalised• By 31 Aug 11-Costing completed• By 30 Sep 11- Plan to CDF/SEC for

endorsement• By 31 Oct 11- Framework Plan presented to

MINDEFDirector General Development and Plans - Army

Implementation

• Phase 1 - Oct 11– Framework Plan and desired end state– Detailed plan for that which is implementable and

achievable now

• Phase 2 - Annually– Update of the rolling plan as assumptions are

confirmed and other decisions taken

Director General Development and Plans - Army

Questions

Director General Development and Plans - Army