The brigade sized element is in keeping with the active duty Army realigning into brigade-sized units of action / units of employment. Under that system, the brigade, not the division, will be the smallest tactical unit capable of supporting itself in combat. The Guard calls them Seperate Infantry (or armor) Brigades. The 48th Enhanced Separate Infantry Brigade (Mech) from Georgia is a prime example.
Then they'll just go around. Cover the whole damn border, or you're just making the problem for someone else.
Of course they'll go around. I wouldn't expect the Guard to cover any but the highest-speed avenues of approach and channelize the illegals into the most undesirable terrain. You won't catch 100%, but combined with even half-assed interior enforcement, you'd have a much more secure border than we do now.
Until they throw tracks and break torsion bars near where I live. The terrain on much of the border is lousy if you're a track-toad.
That's the price of doing business with tracks if you drive them too hard. Another idea would be to go to motorized (ie, mounted in Humvee) units.
I never said this would be the be-all, end-all solution. I just said it'd be far better than what we have now.
"The brigade sized element is in keeping with the active duty Army realigning into brigade-sized units of action / units of employment."
Nice bit of obfuscation, pal. You told me that the National Guard musters enough troops to put a full brigade on the border year-round, doing nothing resembling their military mission.
I'm calling "Bravo Sierra."
"That's the price of doing business with tracks if you drive them too hard. Another idea would be to go to motorized (ie, mounted in Humvee) units."
OK, so you break axles instead of throw tracks.
The terrain here is walkable. It is not driveable.