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U.S. Army Goal to Have More Than 20 Mobile Brigade Combat Teams in Several Years

U.S. Army Goal to Have More Than 20 Mobile Brigade Combat Teams in Several Years
A U.S. Army photo of soldiers from the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division in their Infantry Squad Vehicle after its drop off from a UH-60 Black Hawk at the Joint Regional Training Center at Ft. Johnson, La. on Aug. 16th last year.

The Army is to have more than 20 Mobile Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) in a few years, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said on Wednesday. "Last year, at this time we had one mobile brigade," he told an audience during a panel session on transformation at the Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington, D.C. "Right now, we have five. In the next couple of years, we're gonna have more than 20." The 101st Airborne Division's 2nd…

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