Web site highlights Army’s future plans

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Web site highlights Army’s future plans




Staff report
Posted : Thursday Dec 27, 2007 13:13:57 EST

Soldiers who want to see what the Army’s stationing plan looks like through 2013 can go to a new Web site called Grow the Army, which is also known by its shorter name “GTA.”
The site, launched Friday, days after Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dick Cody announced the plans in a Pentagon press conference.
The site illustrates troop movements and unit stationing changes with an interactive map, and a state-by-state listing of areas that will see a change.
Visitors can also see Cody’s Dec. 19 press conference and the briefing materials that were distributed at the event.
On the map, states are color-coded; users can click on them to see specific stationing changes.
Texas, for example, is scheduled to gain units at Fort Bliss and Fort Hood, owing both to the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act and new stationing decisions. A click on Texas gives the visitor additional information.
Fort Bliss expects to gain more than 25,000 soldiers, the 1st Armored Division from Germany, three brigade combat teams, including one from Germany, and a fires brigade. It is marked on the map by green, dark blue and blue stars to represent the types of units they expect and whether it’s a GTA unit or another stationing decision.
Fort Hood is scheduled to gain slightly less than 6,000 soldiers, an air-defense-artillery brigade headquarters and a sustainment brigade.
Downloadable fact sheets also describe the changes for each state, as well as installations overseas



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