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One of the things too by 2000, each Division and even smaller units like the ACRs, 4th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and so would have something similar to Civilian Affairs type unit that this type of unit would be working with.
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I think a unit like this would fall under a Civil Affairs cell/unit/whatever since they'd be able to double hat and work recovery/CA sort of missions as well as worrying about battlefield recovery of stuff. Honestly, by 2000, divisions are doing less fighting and more just trying to survive and control their AO for the most part. These guys would have a role in cantonment area operations sufficient to warrant them being full time guys and not just stood up when there's major fighting in the wind.
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One of the things I have been mulling over is introducing something along the lines of the Enhance Maneuver Brigade assigned at Division and Corps level. This type of team and placement of security personnel and other specialized MOS while not entirely taking who groups of personnel and retrain them entirely as Infantry, Cavalry, Armor, or Artillery.
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I don't think trying to spin off another brigade HQ from a division in '98-on would be real successful. Better use of existing resources would be pick a battalion from the existing OOB and scrap its prewar mission (could be from the DISCOM or Aviation, or could be freed up by consolidating manpower and resources in remaining line battalions or artillery battalions). Anyway, make that HQ the controlling parent unit for maybe eight infantry companies (or rear area security companies, or MP companies, or whatever name people want to slap on them). The usual 3-4 subordinate span of control issue isn't going to matter so much since a lot of that will be static security missions and a lot of it will be units opconned to other brigade/battalion HQs.
The main emphasis is going to be battle casualty replacements for line units, though, once divisions start really getting eaten up, so I don't see security detachments getting emphasis for manpower, even if units are trying to rerole USAF airmen who've only handled an M16 a half dozen times in their whole career.
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Along with Civilian Affair Battalion for the Corps or Division assigned to the Enhanced Maneuver Brigade. Assign new provisional Infantry and Artillery Battalion to give the Brigade muscle.
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I don't think the current military Newspeak like Enhanced Manuever Brigade would exist in the T2K lexicon.