U.S.Army CAPSTONE Alignments circa 1989

[Louied]

218 IB only became RO to 1 ID when they lost their Fwd Bde in FRG during the post-Cold War drawdown. Around the same time 1Cav & 24 ID both got their third Bdes back with the drawdown of 9 ID, 194 AB, and 197 IB. AC units were in a massive state of flux at the time. If I was a betting man, prior to the Wall coming down, I would have to say that 218 was most likely CAPSTONED to XVIII Corps along with 28 ID, 39 IB, & 278 ACR.

[mcchordsage]

Probably! Seems that the Corps level separate brigades with rear area or other missions got lost in the shuffle.

[shrike6]

Nice list fellows I had a list of capstone missions for most NG FA Bdes but I'm moving and its on my desktop. I'll have to dig it up for you when I get settled again.

[Louied]

Shrike,

Thank you, that would be great ! I tried using back issues the FA’s magazine to figure the FA Bdes out by I’m not 100 % on them. I’ll post what I have tonight.

[Louied]

Shrike,

This is what I have for the ARNG/USAR FA Bdes (all info was gleaned from various editions of the monthly Field Artilery Bulletin)

I Corps
Korea Scenario - 1 AC, 5 ARNG FA Bdes
NATO Scenario - 1 USAR, 5 ARNG Bdes (I have identified six !......57th, 115th, 135th, 153rd, 147th, 169th)
(also 57th FA Bde was the habitual support for 40 ID(M))

III Corps
3 AC (75th, 212th, & 214th), 3 ARNG (45h, 142nd, & 631st)

V Corps
2 AC (41st & 42nd), 3 ARNG (103rd, 197th, & 209th)

VII Corps
3 AC (17th, 72nd, & 210th), unknown ARNG /USAR Bdes

XVIII Corps
1 AC (18th), 3 ARNG (113th, 118th, & 227th)

This leaves me with 3 USAR (428th, 434th, & 478th) and 3 ARNG (138th, 196th, & 151st) Bdes which I havent't been able to track down to Corps.

[Adm.Lee]

So, a long time ago, I said I'd look at this, I only recently re-found the thread.

I'm without my notes at the moment, I'm kind of flagging it for when I can get there. My ideas are based more on what *I* think ought to happen, mixed with how the war went and how the game materials broke things up.

[Adm.Lee]

A short summary would seem to be that just about each of the 6 active-duty corps would end up with 1-2 NG divisions, an armor or mech brigade, an infantry brigade, and up to 6 artillery brigades? That takes them each to at least 5 divisions, 3 maneuver brigades, and 6 artillery brigades: quite a lot for one commander?

I surmise that in a full-war scenario, the US might activate another handful of corps HQs, and more or less split the assets. (I'm ignoring the training divisions or raising more formations.) There are more corps in the USAVG and other in-game sources, but I question their IDs and deployments.

[Louied]

Originally Posted by shrike6

Nice list fellows I had a list of capstone missions for most NG FA Bdes but I'm moving and its on my desktop. I'll have to dig it up for you when I get settled again.

Shrike,

Did you get a chance to dig for it yet ? I have hit a roadblock.

[shrike6]

Originally Posted by Louied

Shrike,

Did you get a chance to dig for it yet ? I have hit a roadblock.

Sorry to get back to you so late. Try to put back together my data.

Heres a piece for you. https://ibb.co/BwfF8cd This is from 1987 showing a relationship between XVII airborne Corps and 113th, 227th and 118th FABs

[Louied]

From Carl Vuono Papers....page 7 of TAA-92 Force Program Decision Briefing

[shrike6]

Originally Posted by Louied

From Carl Vuono Papers....page 7 of TAA-92 Force Program Decision Briefing

Nice!