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Originally Posted by cavtroop
I was in the 26th ID (again, mid 90s). We had about zero cold weather gear, and I never heard about Alaska at all. Cant speak for the rest of the division (never had any contact with anyone outside the Squadron), but we were fully mechanized Cavalry. We were FOR SURE a low-readiness unit - in the mid 90s we still had M113's, M60 tanks and M16A1's for goodness sake. Overall my experience there was a bit of a joke, compared to my active duty experience - I always thought that if we got called up for anything other than disaster relief we'd be in a world of hurt just from an equipment standpoint, let alone training.
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LOL! And here I was thinking that the Infantry Journal would have decent info!! Thanks for confirming my own thoughts on it, now, can any one confirm the readiness of the 47th ID during this time period?
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