U.S. Army Europe plans to request before Christmas a boost in its rotational forces in an attempt to gain back readiness and capability lost as a result of the service's Aviation Restructuring Initiative. Col. Chris Waters, commander of the Germany-based 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, said Dec. 1 that due to the aircraft restructuring "we have less capability than we had before, and in my assessment, it has created an aviation deficit in [U.S. European Command] for rotor-wing capability and we're...
