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2004-08-20 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2004-08-20 10:28:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The new brigades are actual high-mobility rapid-deployment elements - the sort of forces which pro-European deployment wallahs insist are our reason for retained bases in Germany. In other words, this is exactly the sort of force structure which should be there, according to the critics. Air-deployable brigades make sense in Germany, since the north German ports in the theatre make the heavy divisions which *have* been based there less deployable to the expected areas of conflict than similar units based in the continental US.

This is part of why we had Third and Fourth Infantry (of Georgia and Texas, respectively) in Iraq initially instead of 1st Armored and 1st Infantry - it was easier to deploy directly from stateside than extract those two heavy units from Germany.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-08-20 11:09:17 AM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-08-20 11:09:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't see the point of all this. Take ALL our forces out and put them someplace where they'll be appreciated for more than just an economic benefit.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-20 7:58:35 PM|| 2004-08-20 7:58:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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