All valid arguments; I'm just pointing out that the US Army of the 1980s/90s had a plan to use divisions and brigades for specific purposes. I don't believe that divisions would have been formed from the independent brigades. Too many were tasked with specific missions, reinforcement of Korea, deployment to Alaska in case of invasion, at least two of the National Guard brigades had defensive missions in case of war with Mexico. And so on.
Simply plugging three Natonal Guard brigades from as many different states, calling it a armored division and then tossing it into the hell of Central Europe in the middle of WWIII, is, in my own opinion, just asking for a diaster.
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