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operations and its sustainment capabilities. The Army unit structure reorganization
plan is shown in [Chart 4-1].

Navy The Navy is being reorganized into a unit structure capable of carrying
out multidimensional maritime operations above surface, underwater,
and in the air. The Maritime Task Flotilla will be reorganized and operate as the Task
Fleet Command to conduct independent operations of maneuver units in remote and
offshore seas in conjunction with the enhancement of destroyer forces. To ensure the
integrity of maritime air operations in the vast sea, the air wing will be reorganized
to operate as an aviation command in connection with various force enhancements
including maritime patrol aircraft and maritime operational helicopters. The Navy Chapter 4
unit structure reorganization plan is shown in [Chart 4-2].

[Chart 4-2] Navy Unit Structure Reorganization Plan

Before After

Navy HQ Navy HQ

Naval Training Logistics Direct Naval Training Logistics Direct
and
and
Operations Doctrine Command Reporting Operations Doctrine Command Reporting
Command Command Units Command Command Units
Fleet Submarine Component Maritime Fleet Submarine Component Task Fleet Aviation
Command Command Flotilla Task Air Wing Command Command Flotilla Command Command
(3) Flotilla
Special Navy Special Navy
Warfare Intelligence Warfare Intelligence
Flotilla Group Flotilla Group

Marine Corps The Marine Corps is restructuring its forces as a marine-
air-ground task force capable of executing various types of
missions such as defending strategic islands and carrying out multidimensional,
high-speed amphibious operations and rapid response operations. The Headquarters
Marine Corps will organize an intelligence battalion, a special search battalion,
and an aviation group to enable operation command and joint operations such
as amphibious operations and command operations. The infantry regiments
subordinate to divisions will be reorganized as brigade-level units with reinforced
intelligence, maneuver, and fire capabilities, and the artillery regiments as artillery
brigades with counter-artillery detection and long-range precision strike capabilities.
The Marine Corps force restructure plan is shown in [Chart 4-3].

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