Army talking about shedding Strykers, bringing back Light Infantry!

via the Seattle Times.

"We have three additional Stryker brigades at Fort Lewis (Wash.) that we didn't have 10 years ago," said Lt. Gen. Frank Wiercinski, who will soon step down as head of the Fort Shafter command. "That's a lot of Stryker brigades."
The fifth Stryker brigade is based in Alaska.
Wiercinski told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii's Stryker Brigade could revert to a light infantry unit without the armored vehicles.
He said that Hawaii's 25th Infantry Division has just one light infantry brigade as the "Tropic Lightning" division ends its Afghanistan duties and returns to its jungle-fighting roots.
"If I'm focusing the 25th Infantry Division now on Southeast Asia, and back to being the jungle fighters that they've always been, what's my relevance of Strykers?" Wiercinski said.

Amazing.

I called for it but never thought that it would even be considered.

The Army is getting back Light Infantry.

Good news out of the Big Army.  About time!