GDW screwed up on 6th ID and 10th Motown in various ways, though I think part of that was bad info (I assume that's why both division's round out components are elsewhere in the US OOB according to GDW, even though they mention both having roundout units).
Keep in mind that 6th ID in Alaska was replaced with 47th ID, putting both 6th and 10th in Norway at one point. This is probably realistic, since GDW's Soviet invasion of Alaska is just so much insanity and one division plus the AK ARNG at that time is probably as much force as you'd need.
10th Mountain being sent back to Alaska was a emergency/contingency operation after the .sovs rolled into AK, so while 6th ID might have been better, 10th was the guys who were available. That part is plausible -- sometimes you work with what you've got, not the 100% perfect solution (no matter how much it hurt people's feelings when Rumsfeld said something to that effect).
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