[kalos72]

Sure consolidation is smart, assuming you can support 17 divisions in Colorado Or that you are willing to give up on the rest of the country while you secure Colorado Springs.

But since MILGOC had not consolidated his forces, can we really assume that was their intent? The intent seemed to be, for better or worse, spread out the forces to keep some control over larger amounts of the country versus consolidating all in one place.

I think they assumed th 5th Army would be enough to handle to the Mexican advance and were sadly mistaken but at that point it was too late to move additional forces to reinforce them because they used all the fuel for that last drive.

The only option was to have them stay in place and work with the locals to secure their immediate area of operations. Just like many of the details in the canon books describe.

Why this same thought would not apply to Air Force personnel or Navy personnel? Or State Guards? Coast Guard?

Losing the ability to move and support troops easily through out the country means they have to do what they cane were they can.