Grow the Army

The initiative was designed to grow the U.S. Army's force by almost 75,000 soldiers, while realigning a large portion of the force in Europe, moving units located there to the continental United States in compliance with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission suggestions.

The plan was announced in a United States Army press release on December 19, 2007.

The 2007 army consisted of 42 brigades, forty of which were divided evenly amongst ten division-level commands, while two were independent.

[5] Meanwhile, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division will be retained at Fort Carson, Colorado in 2008, the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division will activate at Fort Bliss, Texas in 2009.

[citation needed] In 2014 the Army initiated a plan to cut its force size by 100,000 troops down to 420,000 personnel due to the United States budget sequestration in 2013, effectively ending the Grow the Army initiative.