The Army plans to create nine platoon-sized maintenance surge teams in echelon-above-brigade formations by fiscal year 2026, at least some of which will use armored recovery vehicles divested from the Marine Corps, according to an Army spokesman. “The MSTs are designed to provide an Echelons Above Brigade (EAB) maintenance capacity that is tailorable and concentrated, enabling maneuver commanders the ability to weight the maintenance effort,” Jason Waggoner, the spokesman, wrote in an email this week to Inside Defense. Two...
