The Reconnaissance and Security Strike Group
By MAJ Nathan A. Jennings
May 22, 2017
A Multi-Domain Battle Enabler
Introduction
When the U.S. Army reorganized its final armored cavalry regiment (ACR) in 2011, it divested its institutional capability to enable corps maneuver with forceful reconnaissance and security (R&S) at the operational level of war.
Designed as relatively independent brigade-sized formations that included tanks, mechanized scouts, self-propelled artillery and organic aviation, storied units like the 2nd, 3rd, 11th and 14th ACRs became iconic symbols of U.S. military power across the plains of Europe, jungles of Indochina and the deserts of Mesopotamia. Throughout the Cold War and the 1990s, the unique commands employed advanced combined-arms integration to, as stated by BG John Kolasheski, the Army’s 50th Chief of Armor, “fight and win decisively across the full spectrum of conflict as part of the joint force.”
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