RESHAPING AMERICA'S ARMY

Among the Army Reorganization Plan's objectives is trimming headquarters to

Atop the chain are Army component commands that fulfill Title 10 responsibilities for providing and supporting trained and ready forces for employment by joint and alliance commanders. They include U.S. Army Europe, supporting U.S. European Command, and Eighth Army, supporting U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command/ U.S. Forces Korea, both led by dual-hatted generals who also have alliance roles. In contrast, U.S. Army Pacific, supporting U.S. Pacific Command, and Third U.S. Army, supporting U.S. Central Command, are led by lieutenant generals, while U.S. Army South, supporting U.S. Southern Command, is led by a major general. Reporting to Forces Command (FORSCOM), First and Fifth Armies, led by lieutenant generals, each support two combatant commands. They support U.S. Northern Command for homeland defense and support civil authority missions and U.S. Joint Forces Command for training and mobilizing the reserve components. I, III, V and XVIII Corps, also commanded by lieutenant generals, are often interposed between regional combatant commands (RCCs) or Army component commands and divisions or brigades.