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Mad Russian -> RE: Some TO&E and OOB questions (4/1/2014 1:56:04 PM)
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Here are the REFORGER units that were earmarked to return to Germany in case of war:
III US Corps, Fort Hood, TX
1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, TX, POMCUS Set at 5 depots in Belgium (Grobbendonk, Zutendaal) and the Netherlands (Brunssum, Eygelshoven) and ammunition depot in Zutendaal in Belgium.
2nd Armored Division, Ft. Hood, TX, POMCUS Set at 4 depots in the Federal Republic of Germany (Mönchengladbach, Straelen) and ammunition depot in Kevelaer.
5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Polk, LA, POMCUS Set at 6 depots in the Netherlands (Ter Apel, Coevorden, Vriezenveen) and ammunition depot in Coevorden.
212th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OK, POMCUS Set at 4 depots in the Federal Republic of Germany (Mönchengladbach) and ammunition depot in Kevelaer.
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, TX, POMCUS Set at 4 depots in the Federal Republic of Germany (Mönchengladbach) and ammunition depot in Kevelaer
V Corps, Frankfurt, FRG
4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, CO, POMCUS Set at 2 depots at Kaiserslautern.
194th Armored Brigade, Fort Knox, KY, POMCUS Set at 3 depots in the Federal Republic of Germany at Pirmasens
197th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Fort Benning, GA, POMCUS Set at 3 depots in the Federal Republic of Germany at Pirmasens
VII Corps, Stuttgart, FRG
1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Riley, KS, POMCUS Set at 1 depot at Mannheim.
The 82nd Airborne was the US Strategic Reaction unit at the time, I think it still is, and would have been available for immediate redeployment. They would probably have been the first unit to arrive as a reinforcement.
The USMC would have been more problematic. They would have generally been delivered by sea transport and there would be the largest naval war in history going on at this time. Few, if any, transports would be going across the Atlantic Ocean in the early days of the war.
Hope that helps.
Good Hunting.
MR
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