SGM Steve Wettstein 810746 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/report-army-planning-more-tanks-troops-for-rotations-to-europe-1.357539">http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/report-army-planning-more-tanks-troops-for-rotations-to-europe-1.357539</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/017/901/qrc/image.jpg?1443048091"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/report-army-planning-more-tanks-troops-for-rotations-to-europe-1.357539">Report: Army planning more tanks, troops for rotations to Europe</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The Army’s top general is drawing up plans to station up to a brigade’s worth of tanks and other heavy equipment in Germany as part of an expanding effort to beef up the military’s quick response capabilities in the region.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Is it cost effective deploying one Army BCT to Europe? 2015-07-13T07:08:57-04:00 SGM Steve Wettstein 810746 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/report-army-planning-more-tanks-troops-for-rotations-to-europe-1.357539">http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/report-army-planning-more-tanks-troops-for-rotations-to-europe-1.357539</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/017/901/qrc/image.jpg?1443048091"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/report-army-planning-more-tanks-troops-for-rotations-to-europe-1.357539">Report: Army planning more tanks, troops for rotations to Europe</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The Army’s top general is drawing up plans to station up to a brigade’s worth of tanks and other heavy equipment in Germany as part of an expanding effort to beef up the military’s quick response capabilities in the region.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Is it cost effective deploying one Army BCT to Europe? 2015-07-13T07:08:57-04:00 2015-07-13T07:08:57-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 812594 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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. Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jul 13 at 2015 8:43 PM 2015-07-13T20:43:54-04:00 2015-07-13T20:43:54-04:00 2015-07-13T07:08:57-04:00