I am directing the Secretary of Defense to undertake a

Last updated: 8/24/2023

I am directing the Secretary of Defense to undertake a reorganization and modernization of the Army s divisional structure to increase its non nuclear firepower to improve its tactical mobility in any environment to insure its flexibility to meet any direct or indirect threat to facilitate its coordination with our major allies and to provide more modern mechanized divisions in Europe and bring their equipment up to date and to provide new airborne brigades in both the Pacific and Europe President John F Kennedy Based on your own knowledge this new military policy was labeled mutually assured destruction O mass retaliation O flexible response O pre emptive capability Res this Ques 1 5 95