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EUCOM commander details likely posture of post-transformation Army

Mar- 3-2005 » Filed Under: General Military

It's still unclear from these reports whether the Stryker Brigade mentioned would be an existing or newly formed unit.

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By Jon R. Anderson, Stars and Stripes

ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. military officials are in negotiations with host nations to consolidate Army, Navy and Air Force special operations units now spread throughout Europe to a consolidated outpost either in Spain or Sicily, according to the top commander of military forces in Europe. [...]

The Army will see the most changes, with 239 installations spread across 16 major communities mostly in Germany whittled down to a few dozen installations at five main hubs — four in Germany and one in Italy.

Jones said those five hubs would include the Grafenwöhr training area including Wiesbaden; Hohenfels-Vilseck; posts near Ramstein Air Base, including Kaiserslautern and Baumholder; a new consolidated aviation brigade hub in the Ansbach-Illesheim area; and Army facilities around Vicenza, Italy, including an expanded Dal Molin air field to make room a third airborne infantry battalion and new support units under the Southern European Task Force. [...]

Stryker Brigade — One of the new all-wheeled Stryker brigades will go to Vilseck, adjacent to Grafenwöhr, expected sometime around 2007.


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