If you want to take me on in a military history match, I’m up for it.
Camp Hale is a part of the World War II history of the division and they have not been a mountain division since the end of that war. In fact, except for the attack on Mount Belvedere, they did not use their mountain training in the fighting in Italy. Your ignorance of their current mission and organization is leading you to make really stupid remarks. Keep at it if you wish.
I asked a simple question about readiness and training.It takes the human body seven to twelve months
to acclimate to the high altitude of Afghanistan.Meanwhile Pork-barrel politics in congress are putting
these troops in harms way.I refer you to the HISTORY OF THE 10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION
In January 1954, the Department of Army announced that the 10th Division would become a combat infantry division, and be sent to Europe under a new rotation policy. The 10th Training Division was reduced to zero strength in May 1954. The personnel and equipment of the 37th Infantry Division were brought to Fort Riley, and on June 15, 1954, became the new 10th Infantry Division. In what became known as Operation Gyroscope, the 10th replaced the 1st Infantry Division in Germany. The headquarters of the 10th Division was located in Wurzburg, with all units stationed within a 75 miles radius. Stretched in an arc, from Frankfurt to Nurenburg, the 10th occupied a strategic center position in the NATO defense forces. With 9 Infantry Battalions, 4 Artillery Battalions, and one Tank Battalion, the 10th Infantry Division was a powerful military force. The 10th Division was in turn replaced in Germany by the 3rd Infantry Division in 1958. The 10th was then sent to Fort Benning, Georgia and inactivated on June 14, 1958.