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Originally Posted by chico20854

I guess so?

I was in the 28th in the mid-90s. My impression was that my unit (the signal battalion) was very proficient in its technical performance and utterly and totally lacking in tactical performance. When we have the occasional threads here about "what would have happened to you in the war" I always think my answer would be either "killed in an ambush driving around the division rear area" or "killed while sleeping because the guard was goofing off/sleeping/drinking". The battalion was basically a drinking club that wore camouflage and operated a MSE network...

My duties there concerned keeping track of the equipment and keeping the trucks and generators running (and it was post-Cold War) so I had zero visibility into what the wartime employment was supposed to be!

Shrike & Chico, from UKCICC Minutes October 1988:

US Formations Staging Through the UK

a. II Marine Expeditionary Force (IIMEF)
Detailed accommodation requirements for II MEF were it to stage through the UK in wartime, have now been received from the US and work is in hand to identify and earmark suitable sites within the desired radius of the formation's arrival air and sea ports (Liverpool). The maximum requirement would be 28 individual unit sites or, if collocated, 11 larger sites to accommodate 40,600 personnel and their associated vehicles and equipment. The staging of II MEF through the UK will be simulated in Exercise WINTEX/CIMEX 89.
b. US Infantry Division
Whilst it has been confirmed that SACEUR now intends the 9th Infantry Division deploy direct to BALTAP without staging through the UK, the US are likely nonetheless to require staging facilities in the UK for the smaller 28th Infantry Division (17,000 strong). Details of the support and facilities which would be required for this formation are awaited from US staff.