FEATURES The Big Move

Government Executive September 1, 2005

The Army will bring home 50,000 soldiers and 150,000 family members stationed in Europe and Korea. The service will restructure 10 divisions into 43 stand-alone combat brigades. Ten division headquarters units and three corps headquarters units will command operations involving multiple brigades.

Fort Benning, GA: Major training base; Army Infantry School

  • 1 Brigade Combat Team [3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)]

Fort Bliss, TX: 1.2 million training acres (20,000 new troops)

  • 4 BCTs [1st Armored Division]
  • 1st Armored Division headquarters

Fort Bragg, NC: Major airborne training base; Army Special

Operations Command units and training
  • 4 BCTs [82nd Airborne Division]
  • 82nd Airborne Division headquarters
  • XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters

Fort Campbell, KY: More than 93,000 acres of training ranges

(two-thirds in Tennessee)
  • 4 BCTs [101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)]
  • 101st Airborne Division headquarters

Fort Carson, CO: 236,000-acre training site; near Peterson Air Force Base and Northern Command (8,200 new troops)

  • 4 BCTs [4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)]
  • 4th Infantry Division headquarters

Fort Drum, NY: More than 100,000 acres; new inclement weather weapons training center (6,100 new troops)

  • 3 BCTs [10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)]
  • 10th Mountain Division headquarters

Fort Hood, TX: At 340 square miles, the largest Army post in U.S.

  • 5 BCTs [four in 1st Cavalry Division; one in 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment]
  • 1st Cavalry Division headquarters
  • III Corps headquarters

Fort Knox, KY: Armor Center and Armor School, and Army Recruiting Command

  • 1 BCT [1st Infantry Division]

Fort Lewis, WA: Premier installation in Northwest; nearby 324,000-acre Yakima Training Center (11,300 new troops)

  • 3 Stryker BCTs [2nd Infantry Division]
  • I Corps headquarters

Fort Polk, LA: Joint Readiness Training Center, combined arms training

  • 1 BCT [10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)]

Fort Richardson, AK: Adjacent to Elmendorf Air Force Base, with 47,000 acres of infantry training area

  • 1 BCT [25th Infantry Division (Light)]

Fort Riley, KS: More than 70,000 acres for tank maneuvers and live fire training; state-of-the-art railhead facilities (9,400 new troops)

  • 3 BCTs [1st Infantry Division]
  • 1st Infantry Division headquarters

Fort Stewart, GA: 280,000 acres; units can deploy through the Port of Savannah and Hunter Army Airfield

  • 3 BCTs [3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)]
  • 3rd Infantry Division headquarters

Fort Wainwright, AK: Temperature ranges from 65 below to 90 degrees; 870,000 training acres

  • 1 Stryker BCT [25th Infantry Division (Light)]

Schofield Barracks, HI: Fewer than 5,000 training acres

  • 2 BCTs , one is a Stryker BCT [25th Infantry Division]

Fort Irwin, CA: National Training Center with range the size of Rhode Island; resident combined-arms opposing force

  • 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (a special BCT for training)

Korea:

  • 1 BCT [2nd Infantry Division]
  • 2nd Infantry Division headquarters

Germany:

  • 1 Stryker BCT (2nd Cavalry Regiment)

Italy:

  • 1 BCT (173rd Airborne Brigade)

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