This is how I wrote it in the Olefin Universe thread - and this makes a lot more sense than the canon - and the 2nd Brigade by canon is now in Kenya
"several formations had arrived as mobs of men, with almost no unit cohesion. These personnel were offered a chance to join CENTCOM prior to embarking and some 5000 Army personnel plus another 500 US Air Force and USN personnel and 500 USMC personnel volunteered for duty with CENTCOM.
One unit, the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Armored volunteered as a unit for duty in Kenya. The remaining US Army units that had arrived with no unit cohesion were disbanded and their personnel made available for reinforcement of the units that remained. These units that were disbanded included the 44th Armored Division, the 1st, 35th and 36th Mechanized Divisions, the 2nd ACR, and the 1st Cavalry Division.
Upon arrival at Norfolk all soldiers and officers were informed that the US was still in a state of war with foreign soldiers still on US soil and that until the state of war was lifted they were in it for the duration and that desertion during time of war was a capital crime."
Also keep in mind there were a lot of dependents with the evacuation - i.e. wives and husbands who came along with their spouses - many of whom would not have been soldiers - thus the overall numbers of troops that MilGov would have had would have been less than 43000 - but not to the point as its depicted in HW
In fact the total failure of HW to address the evacuees outside of a couple of mentions of reinforcements is a big reason that module has always had issues with me and many others
and it would have been easy to add a couple mentions without changing canon significantly or making the US "win the war" all of sudden
example
"the militia garrisons of York, Lancaster and Harrisburg are beefed up by the arrival of the 1000 survivors of the 28th Infantry in January of 2001"
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