The Big Move

Operations Command units and training (two-thirds in Tennessee)
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

  • 4 BCTs [82nd Airborne Division]
  • 82nd Airborne Division headquarters
  • XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters

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

  • 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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