European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes Friday april 20 2007 Michael and stripes soldiers of the 1st infantry divisions 2nd brigade combat team stand in formation at the brigades departure ceremony at Conn Barracks Schweinfurt Germany in August 2006 the army is considering Send ing the brigade Back to Iraq for a third tour but before that happens the unit will Case its colors and re Flag As the 3rd brigade 1st and after it returns later this year moving delays in base construction slow plan moving from Page 3 this is the plan herding said but there is nothing locked in Concrete in terms of an order to return to combat asked if troops of the 2nd Bri Gade 1st id out of Schweinfurt which is currently on its second tour in Iraq also would take an other turn downrange Hertling said that the current thinking before that happens however the unit will Case its colors and re Flag As the 3rd brigade 1st and after it returns later this year right now we have been told to keep them around for another turn before we return them to the states Hertling said now that s based on a couple of things too by the Way that s not Only based on the operational require ment for continuing to Send Bri Gades to the War but its also based on the fact that they Flat out just dont have the construction to receive them at fort Bliss Texas i was at fort Bliss a few months ago and they Are building Strong but they Are noticing to have it ready for that entire Divi Sion to move in at least not by 2009 As originally planned Hertling indicated the delay coupled with the a mys decision to increase the a Tiv duty Force by 65000 has tvs a eur officials discussing the very real possibility that More sol Diers would remain in Europe than originally intended the cur rent plan Calls for reducing the us army presence in Europe to about 28000 theres just the Flat out physics of it All of where you put peo ple Hertling said he added that if s also a matter of balancing the manpower needs of Iraq and Afghanistan versus the enduring missions of the us military in Europe such As the Ater Security and engaging allies email Kevin Dougherty at Eluah Marine corps soldiers with company a 2nd battalion 6th infantry regiment 1st brigade 1st armoured division conduct a patrol in Iraq last september Baur holders 2nd brigade May deploy again before returning to the United states As planned under transformation next round of transformation on thursday u s army Europe announced its fiscal 2008 transformation moves As a result of these actions there will be a reduction of about 1720 soldiers 3300 family members 480 us civilians and 530 local National civilians in Germany in Italy the us army population will decrease by approximately 62 soldiers and 93 family members units moving to the us Germany Baum other 2nd platoon 127th military police company Darmstadt 3rd platoon 127th military police company 3rd platoon 92nd military police company 95th military police military working dog team k9 Hanau Headquarters 127th military police company 1st platoon 127th military police company a 1st platoon 92nd military police company 95th military police military working dog team 502nd Engineer company Wurzburg Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 69th air defense artillery brigade Italy Vicenza Headquarters 13th military police company 2nd platoon 13th military police company units moving within Europe batteries a b c and Headquarters and service 5th battalion 7th air defense artillery regiment from Hanau to Kaiser Lautem Battery d 5th battalion 7th air defense artillery regiment from Ansbach to Kaiser Lautem Headquarters and Headquarters company 66th military intelligence group from Darmstadt to Wiesbaden North european veterinary District Headquarters from Darmstadt to Kaiser Lautem command and control element of us army health clinic Wurzburg relocates to Grafe Wohr command and control element of us army dental clinic Wurzburg at Hospital Kasheme closes relocates to Grafe Wohr 515th transportation company from Mannheim to Grafe Wohr general support Center from Redelheim to Grafe Wohr pending facility availability stars and stripes he Europe Darmstadt relocates to Kaiser Lautem units and agencies inactivating closing or ceasing operation Germany Baum older Headquarters and Headquarters detachment 8th Nance battalion Budinger us army health clinic us army dental clinic Darmstadt us army veterinary treatment facility Griesheim us army health clinic b us army dental clinic 596th maintenance company us army Garrison Darmstadt Darmstadt training support Center Community Legal Center closes Kaiserslautern 618th transportation detachment 2143rd equipment maintenance Center Mannheim 512th maintenance company Schwet Zingen Headquarters and Headquarters company 1st personnel command Wiesbaden Headquarters and Headquarters company 205th military intelligence brigade Wurzburg us army dental clinic at Leighton Barracks b us army dental clinic at Hospital Kaseane us army health clinic h us army veterinary treatment facility usag Schweinfurt sub Community Leighton Barracks and Hospital Kaseane american forces network Wurzburg Hanau 139th postal company 2nd platoon 139th postal company us army health clinic us army dental clinic us army veterinary treatment facility a us army Garrison Hessen h Hanau regional training support Center 133rd medical detachment preventive Medicine sanitation Community Legal Center closes Italy Vicenza 663rd transportation detachment United states army Reserve note All remaining ranges and training areas in affected communities also will close units restructuring b 1st platoon 139th postal company Wiesbaden re flags As 3rd platoon 147th postal company b Headquarters and Headquarters company 266th finance command Schwet Zingen converts to the 266th financial management Center and moves to Kaiserslautern b Headquarters and Headquarters detachment 208th finance battalion Mannheim converts to the 208th financial management company a 30th medical brigade Heidelberg converts to the medical command deployment support 2b5th medical detachment preventive Medicine Grafe Wohr converts to a modular Structure b 71st medical detachment preventive Grafe Wohr converts to a modular Structure b 254th medical detachment combat Kaiserslautern converts to a modular Structure units activating Germany Heidelberg b us army Europe air and missile defense detachment note military intelligence actions set the conditions for conversion to a military intelligence brigade in fiscal 2009 source us army Europe stars and stripes