[orionrising]

I feel like this has usually been the way, other then cold war days in Europe only the ready brigade of the 82nd airborne is usually on alert right?

[TADSLOS]

No, even in the darkest days of the Carter years, our first line active component Divisions in Europe, Korea and CONUS were manned, trained and equipped to at least C-2 and every Division maintained a ready brigade for immediate deployment.

The Army hasn't been this broke since the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950.