The command remains at the point of the effort to transform the Army into a more deployable and maneuverable lethal force.
It controlled no deployable forces, armed or unarmed, and was outside the inner power sector of government.
As Army Chief of Staff Peter Shoomacher has begun, we need to reorganize our regular army into quickly deployable expeditionary forces.
They are the most deployable force of the ANP.
"The British and the French are the only countries in Europe that have readily deployable forces," Mr. Richard said.
The three MEFs contain the vast majority of active duty deployable forces.
It is designed to be a light, quickly deployable force.
"We have gone from a strategic reserve to a globally deployable force, and yet our equipment resources have been largely the same levels since before the war."
The Pentagon would like to expand its deployable forces by hiring civilians to fill tens of thousands of clerical jobs now held by active duty troops.