via WJCL.com
FORT STEWART, Ga. (WJCL) — More than 3,000 soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID) will deploy for a three-month rotation to Europe in March.OK.
The deployment is in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Soldiers from the 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, and the Division Artillery comprise the majority of the soldiers participating in the deployment.
The taskings are getting a bit out of hand. Quick tally of US Army deployments off the top of my head. Elements of the 82nd are in Iraq. The 4th ID is sending a BCT to Iraq. Some unit (forgot which one) is scheduled to head to Korea for UDP. You have potential deployments to Australia. Oh and the rest of the 82nd and 101st are currently serving as the "Global Response Force". What did I leave out? The Army boys that are in Africa dealing with Ebola and the 25th that is participating in Cobra Gold in Thailand. The only unit that's been quiet as of late is the 10th Mountain. What they're up to is anyone's guess.
One thing is sure though.
The USMC isn't the only service dealing with hellacious ops tempo.
http://woundedamericanwarrior.com/4000-u-s-troops-head-to-kuwait-for-possible-showdown-with-isis-2/
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ReplyDeleteNot quite the original point of the article, but for the last few weeks I've been consuming only one meal.
During the day I've had 2-4 protein shakes (partly boredom eating) and then whatever the hell I felt like for tea. A roll or ready rolled puff pastry, onions, garlic and cheese was consumed on night last week.
Given my profound joy in putting butter on everything, that my idea of 'lots of' excercise is a 32minute plus 5k three or four times a week, and that a protein shake is 250 cals, I've still lost about half a stone in a month.
This is what happens when you begin cutting troop numbers but try to keep up the same tempo of operations. We either need to regrow the military as what happened under Bush or we need to admit we can't be everywhere at once.
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