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Originally Posted by ToughOmbres
Forming them into combat units directly would probably work poorly like the Luftwaffe Field Divisions during World War 2.
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(Posting before caffeine takes hold, may not be fully coherent.)
And those are the hard questions for what's left of EUCOM, aren't they? Do you dilute your remaining veteran units' competence and cohesion with onesie-twosie replacements drawn from Navy and Air Force survivors? Do you build mostly-USN and mostly-USAF units with Marine and Army veteran cadre? Or do you stand up "dedicated" USN and USAF ground units knowing that they'll be little more than speed bumps? The latter may preserve a bit more capability in your Army and Marine Corps formations, but it'll be damned hard on the speed bumps... though they might find some use as rear-area security or cantonment defense (to the everlasting resentment of the guys who keep getting sent forward).
It also may come down to whether the surviving admirals and USAF generals have any remaining political power to keep personnel under their respective commands.
- C.