Over at Defense One an article by General (retired) Gordon Sullivan and another one by the Commander of United States Army Europe Lieutenant General Ben Hodge make it clear the Army hopes that the Middle East will just go away. This quote by General Sullivan say it all: 4. Rotational deployments to Europe, Asia, and other locations, and rotations to the National Training Center, need to be fully supported and, if possible, expanded because a smaller Army has to work harder at being a global presence. With fewer forward-based soldiers, rotational deployments and prepositioned weapons and stockpiles will be extremely important to U.S. national […]
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