SGM Steve Wettstein810746<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">
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<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>
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Is it cost effective deploying one Army BCT to Europe?2015-07-13T07:08:57-04:00SGM Steve Wettstein810746<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">
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<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>
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Is it cost effective deploying one Army BCT to Europe?2015-07-13T07:08:57-04:002015-07-13T07:08:57-04:00MAJ Ken Landgren812594<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 PM2015-07-13T20:43:54-04:002015-07-13T20:43:54-04:002015-07-13T07:08:57-04:00