Quote Originally Posted by gute View Post
Read this article this morning and the last part had me scratching my head:http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.o...st.aspx?ID=960
Gute,

You are being polite! I assume you refer to this phrase:
The 1st Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division, based in South Korea, will support U.S. Africa Command.
Even I know as a civilian this brigade is "heavy", let alone the distances involved in any deployment to Africa and given the potential for untoward events in NE Asia, could the US ever release even a BCT?

Logic would suggest the independent airborne brigade, long stationed in Italy, would be the RAB of choice.