unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ (DoD? Gannett?) has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on
Army Times, and
Airforce Times, To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on
Navy Times,
Marine Corps Times,
stripes.com and
military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
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here. It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.
unhappycamper summary of this article: It's a start.
Decision on Europe-based brigades expected early this yearBy John Vandiver
Stars and Stripes
Published: January 3, 2011
STUTTGART, Germany — In the coming months, the Defense Department is finally to decide whether to act on a nearly 10-year-old plan to return two brigade combat teams to stateside bases or hold steady in a post-Cold War world, even as European militaries are scaling back.