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Old 11-17-2008, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Targan
It will be interesting to see what the DC Working Group has to say about Chicago, and whether or not they have added more strikes in the Chicago area in their updated target list.
We're still fleshing that out. One change we've implemented is replace 49th AD with 46th ID. We figured that it would make more sense to deploy an existing heavy division to Europe than one formed from three separate brigades from all over the US. Along this line, Fort Hood had a peacetime capacity for 3 heavy divisions (1st Cav, 2nd Armored and 49th Armored at North Fort) and a corps headquarters - it is the physically largest post in the US Army and in our opinion a great place to have 46th ID form. Coincidentally, that also positions the division to fall into the canon history of the 49th...
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