View Full Version : U.S. Army resurrects V Corps
mojaveman
02-13-2020, 18:24
Anybody else here serve in West Germany during the Cold War?
The new headquarters is launching at the same time the Army is preparing to kick-start Defender Europe 2020 this spring, which will be a division sized deployment from the U.S. mainland to continental Europe as part of the largest such movement in more than 25 years.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/02/12/army-resurrects-v-corps-after-seven-years-to-bolster-europe/
The Reaper
02-14-2020, 07:59
More tail, less teeth.
Ain't it always the way?
TR
Yes. I was in 3rd I.D. ; but that was VII Corps. Lots of fun times back then!
Ret10Echo
02-14-2020, 10:44
More tail, less teeth.
Ain't it always the way?
TR
More G.O. positions...
doctom54
02-16-2020, 10:22
More tail, less teeth.
Ain't it always the way?
TR
They will probably will ask for more general officer slots
Combat Diver
02-17-2020, 00:00
If I remember correctly you need at least two divisions to make a Corps. We don't even have one division in Germany or all of Europe. Just more GO and officer billets.
CD
Badger52
02-17-2020, 07:57
Sounds like just a landlord force to handle rotations (customers) in & out.
I was in the Corps-MAIN signal company to the CG '73-77 over there when the HQ was in the IG Farben Bldg., later renamed Abrams Bldg. That was a Corps - it had Divisions (INF and Armored), separate Arty & Cav assets, and all the other ash & trash. Hell, the number of people they're talking about would've just been the HQ element in downtown Frankfurt. The Corps itself was scattered all over creation.
Hey Army:
Quit making all these damn GO's you can quit having to find places to put them.
If I remember correctly you need at least two divisions to make a Corps. We don't even have one division in Germany or all of Europe. Just more GO and officer billets.
CD
They will just apportion units in the USA to them in time of war. We’re repeating the old 1930s ways again. Ghost organizations with a lot of O-6s and GOs...:eek:
They will just apportion units in the USA to them in time of war. We’re repeating the old 1930s ways again. Ghost organizations with a lot of O-6s and GOs...:eek:
Yep. 1 3-star with a 2-star deputy and a full corpse (sp!) staff all headed by 1-stars except the S3 which is a 2-star as well as a CoS as a 2-star. Don’t forget the 2 Division 2-star Cdrs. And let’s talk about the COLs... 🤯
Yep, more O6s and GOs than SFCs. :confused:
Badger52
02-17-2020, 15:59
Yep. 1 3-star with a 2-star deputy and a full corpse (sp!) staff all headed by 1-stars except the S3 which is a 2-star as well as a CoS as a 2-star. Don’t forget the 2 Division 2-star Cdrs. And let’s talk about the COLs... 🤯
Yep, more O6s and GOs than SFCs. :confused:If'n you ain't O6(P) you are coffee boy.