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SBCT Conversion

Oct-11-2009 » Filed Under: General Military

Army Times conducted an interview with Lt. Gen. Stephen Speakes, who is involved in the conversion of heavy brigades to SBCTs.

The origin of it starts with the Quadrennial Defense Review. One of the things we were challenged to do is give the Army more capability for irregular warfare and counterinsurgency. We ought to consider more movement from our heavy formations to our lighter versions, and this point is personified by Stryker.

We will convert one HBCT to a Stryker brigade in the near term and another in the next three to four years. This is ... not something that is measured in one particular step.

We think the basic design of the Stryker brigade has stood the test of time and the tests of combat.


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