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Ah, the fearsome Dutch! But they sure could shoot the lights out with those Leos...

The 1st IBCT (which was renamed "SBCT" when the IAV got a name) was 3/2 (which had actually come to Lewis from Germany several years before as a BDE of 3AD due to the drawdown). They are the "test" unit, but it is verboten to describe them as that. The 2nd SBCT (1/25) is/was a Light BDE (which came to Lewis several years ago when the 7ID folded up). One of them will leave Lewis at some point never to return...going to USAREUR probably.

The Guard piece will be harder, but in some areas they are ahead of the game. They already seem to understand better than the AC guys about operating at mulitple locations across great distances (PA is a big state). The intent is there will be a greater slice of resources going to their unit (Full time support, and additional training days). I don't think vehicle/equipment maintenance is going to be their challenge, rather they will magnify the problems the AC already has with maintaining training levels in the digital equpiment, and combining arms at the company level. We'll see soon enough: they've already started initial digital training, and about half the BDE is enroute to Kosovo for a KFOR rotation.
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