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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Updated Record of Decision (ROD) for
Revised Army Growth and Force;
Structure Realignment Decisions
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of availability (NOA).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
announces the availability of an
updated ROD for Army Growth and
Force Structure Realignment. This ROD
explains that the Army has modified
previous decisions made in December
2007 to support Army growth and force
structure realignment. The Army’s
decision at the time grew the Army by
six Infantry Brigade Combat Teams
(IBCTs), eight active component support
brigades, and associated growth in
smaller combat support and combat
service support units required to
complement the U.S. Army’s overall
force structure growth. The decision
also relocated two Heavy Brigade
Combat Teams (HBCTs) from Europe to
the continental United States. This
updated ROD details how the Army has
modified growth and realignment
decisions to better meet operational
mission requirements. Specifically, the
original decision is being modified by
this updated ROD in the following
ways:
• Army growth is stopped at 45 active
component BCTs instead of 48;
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• One IBCT has been established as
the 43rd BCT at Fort Carson, CO;
• The 44th BCT has been activated at
Fort Bliss, TX; and
• The 45th BCT was established at
Fort Stewart, GA, as an IBCT.
• The Army will not stand up new
growth IBCTs at Fort Bliss, TX; Fort
Stewart, GA; or Fort Carson, CO in 2011
as was originally announced in the 2007
ROD. In place of these BCTs, the Army
will establish additional combat support
units at locations across the Army to
better meet mission requirements and
man units for upcoming deployments.
• The Army will convert a Heavy
Brigade Combat Team (HBCT) (the 1st
Brigade of the 1st Armored Division (1⁄1
AD)) to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team
(SBCT) beginning in 2011 at Fort Bliss,
TX. This conversion involves the
stationing of approximately 450
additional Soldiers and their equipment
at Fort Bliss.
• An HBCT will no longer be
returning from Germany to White Sands
Missile Range in fiscal year 2013. The
stationing of HBCTs currently assigned
to Germany will be reassessed in light
of the Army’s global mission
requirements.
These modifications to the original
Grow the Army decision will better
allow the Army to respond to security
threats in an unpredictable global
security environment.
ADDRESSES: A request for copy of the
ROD can be sent to the Public Affairs
Office, U.S. Army Environmental
Command, Building E4460, Attention:
IMAE–PA, 5179 Hoadley Road,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010–
5401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTC
David Patterson, Media Relations
Division, Office of the Chief of Public
Affairs, at (703) 697–7592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January
2007, the President asked Congress for
authority to increase the overall strength
of the Army by 74,200 Soldiers over the
next five years. This growth was
intended to mitigate shortages in units,
Soldiers, and time to train that would
otherwise inhibit the Army from
meeting readiness goals and supporting
strategic requirements. The Department
of the Army prepared a Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)
that evaluated the potential
environmental and socioeconomic
effects associated with alternatives for
Army growth and realignment. In the
Final PEIS (published on October 26,
2007), the Army identified Alternative 3
as the preferred alternative. Alternative
3 (adds combat support and combat
service support units, as well as Army
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BCTs to the Army’s force structure)
remains the Army’s preferred alternative
with the modification to the Army’s
ROD.
The Final PEIS examined major Army
installations within the continental
United States and their ability to
support new unit stationing actions in
connection with growth and
realignment. The Final PEIS provided
the Army senior leader-ship with an
assessment of environmental and
socioeconomic impacts that would be
associated with these actions in
addition to the feedback and concerns of
the public. This information was
considered as part of the decisionmaking process for decisions contained
in the updated ROD (2010).
The conversion of an HBCT to an
SBCT at Fort Bliss, TX will create the
Army’s 7th active component SBCT.
The Army’s needs are best met by
transforming an HBCT at Fort Bliss as
this unit will have maximum time to
implement conversion to an SBCT and
train with new equipment prior to the
need to redeploy. In addition, Fort Bliss
is capable of providing the SBCT with
fully modernized training and garrison
infrastructure; and the installation has
adequate maneuver space to
accommodate the conversion to an
SBCT.
The updated ROD determines that
Supplemental NEPA documentation is
not required because there are no
substantial changes or new
circumstances in the proposed action
causing any significant new
environmental concerns. The
adjustments to stationing decisions
result in small proportional gains to the
Soldier populations of affected
installations and are not anticipated to
cause any new environmental impacts
that are not already addressed in the
2007 EIS.
A copy of the updated ROD and Final
PEIS are available at https://
aec.army.mil/usaec/nepa/topics00.html.
Dated: June 11, 2010.
Hew E. Wolfe,
Principal Assistant to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Army, Environment, Safety
and Occupational Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Updated Record of Decision (ROD) for Revised Army Growth and
Force; Structure Realignment Decisions
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA).
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army announces the availability of an
updated ROD for Army Growth and Force Structure Realignment. This ROD
explains that the Army has modified previous decisions made in December
2007 to support Army growth and force structure realignment. The Army's
decision at the time grew the Army by six Infantry Brigade Combat Teams
(IBCTs), eight active component support brigades, and associated growth
in smaller combat support and combat service support units required to
complement the U.S. Army's overall force structure growth. The decision
also relocated two Heavy Brigade Combat Teams (HBCTs) from Europe to
the continental United States. This updated ROD details how the Army
has modified growth and realignment decisions to better meet
operational mission requirements. Specifically, the original decision
is being modified by this updated ROD in the following ways:
Army growth is stopped at 45 active component BCTs instead
of 48;
One IBCT has been established as the 43rd BCT at Fort
Carson, CO;
The 44th BCT has been activated at Fort Bliss, TX; and
The 45th BCT was established at Fort Stewart, GA, as an
IBCT.
The Army will not stand up new growth IBCTs at Fort Bliss,
TX; Fort Stewart, GA; or Fort Carson, CO in 2011 as was originally
announced in the 2007 ROD. In place of these BCTs, the Army will
establish additional combat support units at locations across the Army
to better meet mission requirements and man units for upcoming
deployments.
The Army will convert a Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT)
(the 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division (\1/1\ AD)) to a Stryker
Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) beginning in 2011 at Fort Bliss, TX. This
conversion involves the stationing of approximately 450 additional
Soldiers and their equipment at Fort Bliss.
An HBCT will no longer be returning from Germany to White
Sands Missile Range in fiscal year 2013. The stationing of HBCTs
currently assigned to Germany will be reassessed in light of the Army's
global mission requirements.
These modifications to the original Grow the Army decision will
better allow the Army to respond to security threats in an
unpredictable global security environment.
ADDRESSES: A request for copy of the ROD can be sent to the Public
Affairs Office, U.S. Army Environmental Command, Building E4460,
Attention: IMAE-PA, 5179 Hoadley Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
21010-5401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LTC David Patterson, Media Relations
Division, Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, at (703) 697-7592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January 2007, the President asked
Congress for authority to increase the overall strength of the Army by
74,200 Soldiers over the next five years. This growth was intended to
mitigate shortages in units, Soldiers, and time to train that would
otherwise inhibit the Army from meeting readiness goals and supporting
strategic requirements. The Department of the Army prepared a
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) that evaluated the
potential environmental and socioeconomic effects associated with
alternatives for Army growth and realignment. In the Final PEIS
(published on October 26, 2007), the Army identified Alternative 3 as
the preferred alternative. Alternative 3 (adds combat support and
combat service support units, as well as Army
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BCTs to the Army's force structure) remains the Army's preferred
alternative with the modification to the Army's ROD.
The Final PEIS examined major Army installations within the
continental United States and their ability to support new unit
stationing actions in connection with growth and realignment. The Final
PEIS provided the Army senior leader-ship with an assessment of
environmental and socioeconomic impacts that would be associated with
these actions in addition to the feedback and concerns of the public.
This information was considered as part of the decision-making process
for decisions contained in the updated ROD (2010).
The conversion of an HBCT to an SBCT at Fort Bliss, TX will create
the Army's 7th active component SBCT. The Army's needs are best met by
transforming an HBCT at Fort Bliss as this unit will have maximum time
to implement conversion to an SBCT and train with new equipment prior
to the need to redeploy. In addition, Fort Bliss is capable of
providing the SBCT with fully modernized training and garrison
infrastructure; and the installation has adequate maneuver space to
accommodate the conversion to an SBCT.
The updated ROD determines that Supplemental NEPA documentation is
not required because there are no substantial changes or new
circumstances in the proposed action causing any significant new
environmental concerns. The adjustments to stationing decisions result
in small proportional gains to the Soldier populations of affected
installations and are not anticipated to cause any new environmental
impacts that are not already addressed in the 2007 EIS.
A copy of the updated ROD and Final PEIS are available at https://aec.army.mil/usaec/nepa/topics00.html.
Dated: June 11, 2010.
Hew E. Wolfe,
Principal Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army,
Environment, Safety and Occupational Health.
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