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According to "Armies of NATO's Central Front"

The US Army Reserve maintained the following Training Divisions: 70th; 76th; 78th; 80th; 84th; 85th; 91st; 95th; 98th; 100th; 104th; and the 108th

The "American Vehicle Guide" disposes of these divisions as follows:

70th is converted into a LID 20Jul98 and committed to Austria
76th is converted into a LID 20JUL98 and goes to Yugoslavia
78th gets converted into a LID 20JUL98 and is at Fort Dix
80th is converted into a LID 20JUL98 and goes to Yugoslavia
84th goes LID 29JUL98 and stays in V Military Region(northern US)
85th becmes a LID 20JUL98 and is serving in the SW US
91st goes LID 20JUL98 and is in central California
95th goes the way of the LID 20JUL98 and is in Oklahoma
98th becomes a LID 20JUL98 and is in Louisiana
100th becomes a LID 20JUL98 and is at Fort Carson Colorado
104th goes LID 20JUL98 and is in the Pacific NW
108th becomes a LID 20JUL98 and is in the III Military Region

So at the height of WWIII, when troops are badly needed as replacements, the decision is made to gut the training establishment and convert everything into LIDs and then throw them into combat.

I'm the first to admit that the DOD normally does not allow logic to interfere with its plans, but this would create a deadly sprial; without a training establishment of some kind, then there would be no replacement troops, which means that the combat units will rapidly sprial into total combat in-effectiveness within an very short period of time.

Perhaps GDW intended this to explain how divisions were reduced from 15-16,000 down to 1-2,000. The argument can even be made that with the press of civil unrest, a Soviet invasion of Alaska and a Mexican invasion of the Southwest, that there is a pressing need for organized troops to hold the line. But if the decision was made for that reason, then it is, without a doubt, one of the most short-sighted decisions ever made as it would doom any future combat operations.