The Posture Statement informs Congress about the status of the Combatant Commanders. It focuses on transformation and the development of campaign qualities with expeditionary capacities. The Annual Statement is a non-secretive summary of the Combatant Commanders’ roles, missions, and accomplished programs. The overarching strategies of the Posture Statement are relevance, adequate training, life quality, and infrastructure. The document notes the readiness of the land power in supporting combatant commanders. The adaptive leaders should also have well-trained and equipped soldiers. Furthermore, the life quality of the combatant commanders should match their service eminence. The infrastructure should also enable the army to accomplish its strategic duties and missions. The Posture Statement has a chart to show how its strategies align with the combatant commanders’ goals.
The Posture Statement also describes the Combatant Commanders’ restructure, including divisions, brigades, modular forces, and combat teams. The briefing can serve as a request for combatant power increase in regards to the overall army pool and active-duty component. The Posture forwards the Combatant Commanders’ rotating unit following National Guard forces, Reserve divisions, and Active-Component Unit deployments. It discusses the alternating balance between the reserve and active components and aligns the specialties.