Post Loses Additional Planned Brigade
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › July 15, 2009
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The Army made formal a Defense Department decision Tuesday that cost Fort Carson 3,500 soldiers.
A cut in the number of Army brigades announced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in April drove the move, but the Army for weeks had avoided specifics. Now it's official: The 5th Brigade Combat Team, expected to be established at Fort Carson by 2013, won't happen.See the full content of this document
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Post Loses Additional Planned Brigade
While the announcement from the Pentagon came hours after Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill thwarting the Army's plan to acqu...
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