I have been wondering. With the number of excess sailors and airmen in places like Korea, Europe, and Middle East. Would we find such Brigades as the Enhance Maneuver Brigades with an Provisional Infantry Battalion, Field Artillery Battalion, and Brigade Support Battalion. Then adding MP Battalions, Engineer Battalions and other units. These Brigades would be assigned to various Corps level and to various Divisions as replacement for combat units being rotated to reserve position or other forward Corps level positions. These units would have some type of Civil Affairs units assigned too.
I can see these Brigades being organized largely in Europe and Korea. Maybe a few in the Middle East and being assigned to some of the Division to help spread out the Combat units equally among the Divisions. I can also see by 2000 that the 82nd and 101st Division retaining operational control of one or two Brigades while the other Divisions with the Central Command detach a Brigade and to be attached to these two divisions and them receiving the Airborne/Air Assault Brigade to be used as active airmobile reserve for the Division.
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