{"id":36405,"date":"2013-06-26T07:53:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T11:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36405"},"modified":"2013-06-26T07:53:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T11:53:24","slug":"those-disappearing-brigades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36405","title":{"rendered":"Those disappearing brigades"},"content":{"rendered":"

So after I wrote the piece yesterday about the Army cutting 12 combat brigades, General Ray Odierno announced the exact location of the units that will disappear. From Stars & Stripes<\/a>; <\/p>\n

Odierno said 10 BCTs would be cut from 10 Army installations: Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Knox, Ky.; Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Another two BCTs used for soldier training will also be cut, officials said.<\/p>\n

An eleventh BCT in a location still undecided will be cut in the future, Odierno said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, everyone is losing a trigger-pulling brigade. But luckily, there aren’t fewer flag officer spots, so we have that bright spot – the generals saved all of their jobs and lost only a few (comparatively) sergeant major positions. But there are still plenty of staff positions where everyone can hide out from those pesky command assignments. We’re going to need those staff positions since, in the middle of a war, our priorities have shifted to more important issues, like helping gays find their place among regular people, combating sexual assault committed by staff officers, and lowering the standards for the fewer combat soldiers so women can join their ranks.<\/p>\n

The Washington Times<\/a> reports that Congress is promising that this castration of the combat forces is just the beginning;<\/p>\n

Rep. Howard P. \u201cBuck\u201d McKeon, California Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said his panel will review the Pentagon\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will carefully examine the implications of this initial restructuring, but we all must understand that this is only the tip of the iceberg. Much deeper cuts are still to come,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, because there still might be some people left after this round of cuts who might have the necessary experience to fight our next war in leadership positions, so we need to nip them in the bud. I sure hope or next enemy has the courtesy to give us a nine-month advance notice so we have time to build the ranks of combat soldiers from the empty shell this Congress and Administration is leaving the next generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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