Posted on Jul 13, 2015

Is it cost effective deploying one Army BCT to Europe?

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The Army is deploying BCTs to Europe on a nine month rotational basis. Wouldn't it have been more fiscally responsible to have kept at least one armor/stryker brigade there?

http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/report-army-planning-more-tanks-troops-for-rotations-to-europe-1.357539

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MAJ Ken Landgren

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We have accepted the cost is acceptable for now. On a completely different note, trading and show of force missions BCTs valuable on the ground training experiences.

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