Army Unveils $20 Billion Force Restructuring Plan

By Anne Plummer / February 18, 2004 at 5:00 AM
Over the next several years, the Army will embark upon its new $20 billion plan to build more brigades, make them more capable and streamline the higher-level echelons that have historically managed and sustained them, a senior Army official said yesterday. Details on the sweeping reorganization of the Army's forces have come out piecemeal in recent weeks. Briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, the official confirmed the plan is to build 10, possibly 11, new active-duty brigades by 2007, when...

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