With the actual structure, Swiss Army is still too big and uses much time for responding to the needs. The Weiterentwicklung der Armee (WEA) will offer more flexibility.
The four main goals:
1. Improved readyness
With 140'000 soldiers (meaning minimum 100'000 available) there should be always an important number ready to respond to natural disasters or other crisis. With up to complete mobilisation in short period of time (like in the cold war).
2. Improved training of the cadre
Future cadre has to make the full training (Rekrutenschule) and will be trained one full week before each Wiederholungskurs (repetition course)
3. Complete equipment
With the smaller number of soldiers, each one will have again he's (her's) own equipment, special troops in logistic bases.
4. Locally based
Military units available on short notice in each area of Switzerland.
Future Assets of the Swiss Army
With the already permanent availability of army services for the civil autorithies, for example the use of Swiss Air Force Helicopters and Drones for the Border Guard - our Armed Forces know also a predicted status including 8000 soldiers for conferences/guard duty (WEF World Economic Forum) and 2500 soldiers for Air Superiority duty. With the not predicted status there are up to 35000 soldiers available in 10 days.
With the reformation of the Swiss Army, the Panzerbrigaden (Pz Br 1, 11), the Infanteriebrigaden (Inf Br 2, 5 (will be named Mechanisierte Brigade 4 beginning 2018), 7) and the Gebirgsinfanteriebrigaden (Geb Inf Br 9, 10, 12) will be disbanded December 31st, 2017.
More Info about the WEA: http://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/aktuell/themen/wea.html
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