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Army Accelerates BCT Overhaul by 2 Years

Mon, 10/21/2013 - 11:46am

Army Accelerates BCT Overhaul by 2 Years by Michelle Tan, Army Times.

The acceleration by two years of the drawdown of the active force will take place along with a massive organizational overhaul that will eliminate 10 additional brigade combat teams and reorganize the others.

What was supposed to be a four-year process to cut the Army’s end strength by as many as 80,000 soldiers, inactivate 10 BCTs and reorganize the remaining BCTs will now be compressed into two years, officials said…

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