I’m visiting family near Fort Campbell & did annual training there until 2010. One of the 101st’s BCTs is usually coming or going. BCT kind of replaces TFs with task organizing mech hvy or armor hvy elements with attached units, OPCON units, etc.
IIRC, the Army had fourteen divisions at the end of Desert Storm then shrank to ten. Would like to learn more about the current RIF & which MOSs are most affected; my guess is it’s the combat ones.
FWIW, I was out for nearly ten yrs then came back as a WO & managed to stay until age 62.
It probably is. The problem with RIFs, as you know, is differentiation. In an Army filled with combat vets, combat experience in and of itself isn’t much of a separator among peer groups. That’s when the education, overall service records, difficulty of previous assignments, etc come into play. While the board attempts to be fair with their decisions, it’s staffed by humans reading ORBs and OERs. Problems will occur and mistakes will be made. I’m not trying to sound cavalier about it as these are people’s careers, but I challenge anyone to come up with a better, more equitable solution.