This course is designed to provide the student with a working knowledge of historical mobilization data, existing plans for mobilization of the US Army and the influence of lessons learned from major mobilization exercises on these plans, and the nation's strategic mobility capabilities. The student will study the process of planning for the mobilization of a Reserve Component (RC) roundout brigade at a divisional installation and the deployment of this force to an undeveloped theater. This will lead the student to the analysis of mutually supporting plans at the division, installation, and RC roundout brigade levels to accomplish force mobilization and deployment. Course materials include: Course manual; selected readings; Georgia Army National Guard mobilization plan; 313th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) G.A. National Guard mobilization plan; 52d Infantry (Mechanized) and Fort Wake roundout plan; 52d Infantry (Mechanized) and Fort Wake emergency deployment / emergency deployment readiness exercise (EDRE) plan; 52d Infantry Division (Mechanized) and Fort Wake mobilization plan; Lesson 1, introduction and mobilization overview; Lesson 2, US mobilization: A historical perspective; Lesson 3, industrial preparedness and mobilizing the industrial base; Lesson 4, Army Mobilization and Operations Planning2 System (AMOPS) and US Army Forces Command Mobilization and Deployment Planning System (FORMDEPS); Lesson 5, major mobilization exercises; Lesson 6, strategic mobility capabilities and limitations; Lesson 7, mobilization and deployment planning and execution practical exercises; issue and instructuional support plan; charts.

Also taught as M422/83.