AN ENDURING ARMY RAIL CAPABILITY-FOR FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS
The US Army Reserve
EXPEDITIONARY
RAILWAY CENTER
seas the US Army Chief of Transporta-
tion, heidensfied a requitement gap in
the Army'Title 10 responsibiliy support
the Geographic Combatant Commands
(COCOMS) in the effective utilization of
rail asa strategic multiplier throughous the
Full Spectrum of Operations (FSO). This,
perceived epi significant because a func~
tional analysis denified effective rail plan
alysis, and advisemene
asa Geographic COCOM requirement.
Host nation (HN) support will un-
doubredly become larger function of the
ge0-strategic environment of the 2Istcen-
tury. Because infrastructure and theater
transportation are inextricably connected
to the broader geo-strategic environment,
the Chief of Transportation, Col Stephen
Farmen, bas focused on modernizing US
‘Army Rail capabilities that can exploitand
get the most from HIN resources within
the transportation specteurn.! This effore
has led to a force design update (FDU)
that will provide the capabilities required
for the contemporary operating environ.
ment. The FDU was approved by the US
Army Training and Doctrine Command's
(LRADOC) Army Capabilces and Inte-
gration Center (ARCIC).
This mew rail force structure will au
iment any COCOM’s effort with planning
and advising on HIN rail uilization to ex
|: 2010, when Brig. Gen, Ba Dorman
ning, assessment
ppand and expedite distribucion within the
area of responsibility (AOR). This new de-
sign will provide a fll spectrum capability
inall phases ofan operation. In a period of