US Army.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

The US Army officially announced that it is delaying its decision to remove 2,600 soldiers from the 4-25 Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. In July 2015, the US Army announced the reduction at JBER as part of a larger force-structure reduction from 490,000 to 450,000 troops. The US Army will delay the reduction of an Alaska-based combat unit, determining that such a move would continue to degrade its ability to respond to new...