Army Chief Gen. George Casey Recommends Dropping The Plan For Fighting Two MCOs [Major Combat Operations]

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey testifies to the House Armed Services Committee on Army strategic initiatives Sept. 26 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lauren Victoria Burke / The Associated Press

Drop 2 MCOs Already: Army CoS -- DoD Buzz

It’s high time the Pentagon drop the two major conventional theater war force sizing and shaping construct, according to Army Chief Gen. George Casey. The outdated organizing principle is of little use as a planning tool for generating forces for future conflict and a consensus is building among the service chiefs that DoD should jettison the two war construct in the Quadrennial Defense Review.

“The reality of it is, with the amount of forces we already have deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, one of those MCOs [Major Combat Operations] is already off the table.” The Army has already moved away from the two MCO organizing idea as it builds and equips its future force, Casey said, speaking at CSIS in Washington on Thursday.

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My Comment: This is not my specialty .... but Army Chief Gen. George Casey clearly believes that the idea of preparing to fight 2 MCOs (as military doctrine) should be put into the garbage can.