Army to cut combat brigades at 10 US bases

ap ^ | June 25, 2013

[george76]

The U.S. Army is slashing the number of combat brigades from 45 to 33, and shifting thousands of soldiers out of bases around the county as it moves forward with the long-planned move to cut the size of the service by 80,000...

at 10 Army bases in the U.S. by 2017, including in Texas, Kentucky, Colorado, North Carolina, New York, Kansas and Washington.

[laplata]

Not another drop of American blood for any of the bastards. Let them fend for themselves.

Now it’s all about the New World Order/One World Government and the Military Industrial Complex.

The powers that be do not have America’s interests at heart. They only want to protect and maintain their interests and if it requires using the American Military, they’ll do it.

[winodog]

They will need all the help they can get when they go to killing Christians

[centurion316]

The Brigades being cut:

3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Ft. Bliss, TX

4th Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, NC

4th Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, KY

3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Ft. Carson, CO

3d Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Ft. Drum, NY

4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, TX

3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Ft. Knox, KY

4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Ft. Riley, KS

2d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division, Ft. Stewart, GA

4th Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, Jt. Base Lewis-McChord

Also the 170th and 172d Infantry Brigades in Germany who are already undergoing inactivation.

Unaffected are the 25th Infantry Division (2 Brigades in Hawaii, 2 in Alaska); the 2d Cavalry Regiment, Germany; the 3d Cavalry Regiment, Ft. Hood; and the 173d Airborne Brigade, Italy. Each remaining brigade will have 3 maneuver battalions instead of the current 2, and the engineer battalions come back to the brigades. The total cuts include 6 heavy brigades, 5 light brigades, and 1 Stryker brigade. Expect some reflagging at battalion and brigade level as the sort this all out. The addition of the 3d maneuver battalion is a good thing, but the overall reduction of the Army makes it more likely that some country hostile to our interests will attempt to intimidate us.

[444Flyer]

[444Flyer]

“Russia building their Forces.
China building their forces.
Iran building a Nuke and their forces.
Mid East in an uproar.
N Korea a threat.. Obama’s answer. Cut our forces by 80,000
Fill that 80,000 with Super Combat women, and queers. Invite Syrian refugees, allow anything and anybody to cross our borders.Offer to cut our Nuclear defenses. Go on a 100 million dollar vacation.”

_______________________

And out-manned, unprepared, underfunded, and pansy military is a compliant military. They're doing a Cloward-Piven treatment on America's military.

[Gay State Conservative]

Weakening the nation in every possible way.Rush was right today....Osama Obama’s presidency is playing out *exactly* as he planned it.

[xzins]

33 brigades, when you consider aviation, engineer, and artillery, will probably be the equivalent of 7 divisions.

Seven divisions is barely sufficient to fight a one front war against a relatively inadequate enemy.

[george76]

As 0 calls for a one-third reduction in our nuclear arsenal, Russia builds new midrange missile banned under a 1987 arms treaty. How’s that “reset” button working out?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3035599/posts

[devolve]