Seems to me that all but two brigade commanders are making excuses for not doing their jobs.
I was an ADA Platoon Leader during the Carter Administration. We weren't given a pass on readiness when training funds weren't there. We were told to figure something out.
It was easy to stay motivated, knowing 50+ Soviet divisions were a couple hundred miles from you.
i was a tank platoon leader and mortar platoon leader in BRD in 1975-78. we would do dry fire exercises in the motor pool, use board wargames and miniature terrain tables and field phones to practice fo and fdc procedures, etc. if the majority of the bde combat troops are grunts they can do almost everything walking w/o using fuel, vehicles, MILES gear or even ammo or blanks.
wonder what the combat ready criteria is? my csc cdr got annoyed when i left a gun track in the motor pool during a rollout. “why is it there?” “it’s esc red” “why?” “missing rubber on over half of 2 road wheels” “can it drive? can it shoot?” “yes” “you made your point. GO GET IT!”