New Brigade Bases

Strategypage says the Army is going ahead with transforming its heavy Cold War divisions into lighter Brigade Combat teams, more relevent to the War on Terror. Armed with advanced precision weaponry, these will still have the fighting power of the larger formations, but with greater mobility. Here are the planned locations of the new brigades:

• Fort Benning, Ga.—1 BCTFort
• Bliss, Texas—4 BCTs
• Fort Bragg, N.C.—4 BCTs
• Fort Campbell, Ky.—4 BCTs
• Fort Carson, Colo.—4 BCTs
• Fort Drum, N.Y.—3 BCTs
• Fort Hood, Texas—5 BCTs
• Fort Knox, Ky.—1 BCT
• Fort Lewis, Wash.—3 Stryker BCTs
• Fort Polk, La.—1 BCT
• Fort Richardson, Alaska—1 BCT
• Fort Riley, Kan.—3 BCTs
• Fort Stewart, Ga.—3 BCTs
• Fort Wainwright, Alaska—1 Stryker BCT
• Schofield Barracks, Hawaii—1 BCT, 1 Stryker BCT
• Fort Irwin (National Training Center), Calif.—1 BCT (minus some units)
• Korea—1 BCT
• Germany—1 Stryker BCT
• Italy—1 BCT