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.
You are hopeless, my friend. You can’t even read the history that you have posted. When reformed, the 10th Mountain Division was retitled as the 10th Infantry Division. When the division was reactivated yet again in the 1980’s, it was organized and equipped as a light infantry division, not as a mountain division. It was allowed to wear the mountain tab and to style itself the 10th Mountain Division as a tribute to the legacy of the World War II achievements of the division. The United States Army does not have any mountain divisions and will likely never have them again. The worldwide commitments of the U.S. Army preclude forming specialized units. The 10th Mountain Division, in the past 20 years, has served in Somalia, Haiti, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They take their turn for deployments to Afghanistan just like all other units of the Army and train accordingly.
You need to abandon your original premise, it does not reflect reality.