The 11th ACR at NTC will shortly be touched. A little bird told me. (Solid info.)
Sarge, no one is saying that the army cannot do it, nor that everyone concerned won't learn a lot....they will.
What I'm saying is that they're deploying units from the training base. I've been around the army since 1970, and it hasn't happened in all that period.
It's a testimony to the army being TOO small. (2 regional wars at the same time has long been the standard, although I agree that there was some discussion about one major and a few skirmishes.)
Hm. If that's the case, then it's the first deployment for the Blackhorse in a long time.
I rode with them last June, on a rotation against a Guard unit that's already in The Box. They did fine.
The two-region war is a throwback from our time: two-front war against the Great Red Hordes. We did the same thing, when I wore a younger man's uniform in the early 80's. But we're finding the multi-conflict works real well. And with the new Brigade Combat Team structure, it means less tail, more teeth.