21st Century US Army Force Structure Reference Data & Manuals

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Force Structure Reference Data • Army Doctrine Publications (ADP) • Army Techniques Publications (ATP) • Field Manuals (FM)

MCoE 3-90 Force Structure Reference Data supplementals and the FKSM 71-8 Armor/Cavalry Reference Data they succeeded are essentially base Objective Tables of Organization. OTOEs are more of the goal organization for that year or the year after than actual unit TOEs. They show major pieces of equipment (like vehicles, weapons) and the authorized billets for all organic subunits. In some cases though most of a brigade's functional units would be attached and not organic (like a Sustainment Brigade) and these won't show those units. These weren't the TOEs actually employed by real units (the Modified TOEs or MTOE). For that reason you'll see some discrepancies between these supplementals and real life, such as the inclusion of the XM25 CDTE.

Force Structure Reference Data
Title	Date
Maneuver Support Force (U) - CBRNE Command, HHC CBRNE Command, WMD Disablement Team, WMD Coordination Teams, Maneuver Enhancement Brigade	2021 October
Armored Brigade Combat Team	2016 October
Stryker Brigade Combat Team	2016 October
Infantry Brigade Combat Team	2016 October
Airborne Infantry Brigade Combat Team	2016 October
Brigade Combat Teams	2015 January
Brigade Combat Teams	2013 September
Brigade Combat Teams	2012 September
Brigade Combat Teams	2011 May
Division and Corps HQ	2010 May
Support Brigades - Battlefield Surveillance, Heavy Combat Aviation, Fires, Maneuver Enhancement, and Sustainment Brigades	2010 May
Brigade Combat Teams w/Holistic Review and TWV Study Results	2009 December
Armored Cavalry Regiment	2008 December
Ground Cavalry and Reconnaissance Organizations	2008 November
Heavy and Infantry Brigade Combat Teams	2007 June
Brigade Combat Teams	2005 November
Brigade Combat Teams	2005 October
LCD Armor Division, LID Cavalry Squadron, Ground Cavalry Troop (82nd Airborne)	2004 May
FXXI Armor Division	2004 May
Nondivisional Organizations - Armored Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Light Armored Cavalry Regiment, Heavy Separate Armor Brigade Enhanced, Separate Cavalry Troop SIB, SBCT RSTA Squadron	2004 May
2nd Cavalry Regiment - Unimplemented Stryker ACR configuration	2004 May

Army Doctrine Publications (ADP)
Number	Title	Date(s)
ADP 1-02	Terms and Military Symbols	14 Aug 2018

Army Techniques Publications (ATP)
Number	Title	Date(s)
ATP 3-20.15	Tank Platoon	10 July 2025
ATP 3-21.8	Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad	23 June 2025
ATP 3-21.9	Stryker Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad	24 June 2025
ATP 3-21.71	Mechanized Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad	15 Oct 2025
ATP 4-90	Brigade Support Battalion	26 Jan 2026 9 Nov 2021