The adjutants general of seven U.S. states have rejected an idea by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno to optimize four of the Army National Guard's 28 brigade combat teams for security assistance missions, according to a previously unreported letter. "We understood you would like the Guard to consider converting four . . . [brigade combat teams] to some other structure, such as Advise and Assist Brigades," or AABs, the two-star guard leaders from Arkansas, Indiana, New York, Oregon,...
