Army Announces Force Structure Actions
August 06, 2009

The Department of the Army announced today a series of planned unit activations, inactivations, and realignments at four installations. These force structure and stationing actions will result in a decrease of 387 soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., a decrease of 432 at Fort Campbell, Ky., an increase of 454 at Fort Carson, Colo., and an increase of 274 at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; and will continue until complete in October 2011.

At Fort Bragg:

Units to activate:

• 102nd Engineer Sapper Company
• 137th Engineer Sapper Company
• 919th Engineer Support Company
• 738th Engineer Support Company
• 919th Engineer Support Company
• 44th Medical Brigade
• 49th Quartermaster Tactical Water Distribution Platoon

Units to inactivate:

• 186th Quartermaster Company
• 600th Quartermaster Company
• 612th Quartermaster Company
• 44th Medical Command
• 1st Contingency Planning Team
• 270th Signal Company

Units to realign:

• 307th Engineer Battalion
• 101st Chemical Company
• 503rd Ordnance Company
• 11th Quartermaster Company
• 364th Quartermaster Supply Company
• 647th Quartermaster Company
• 127th Quartermaster Company
• 528th Medical Detachment
• 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Headquarters, XVIII Airborne Corps

At Fort Campbell:

Units to inactivate:

• 196th Quartermaster Detachment
• 2-44th Maneuver and Air Missile Defense Battalion
• 106th Transportation, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

Unit to realign:

• 305th Supply Company

At Fort Carson:

Units to activate:

• 247th Quartermaster Company
• 497th Engineer Company
• 544th Engineer Company
• 40th Engineer Detachment

Units to realign:

• 230th Finance Company
• 148th Military Police Detachment

At Fort Leavenworth:

Units to activate:

• 40th Military Police Battalion
• 165th Military Police Company

These stationing actions are a part of integrated force structure changes that support the Army’s transformation requirements and “Grow the Army” initiative. The force structure actions will result in no change in Army civilian authorizations at each installation.

Point of contact for this notification is Lt. Col. Lee M. Packnett, (703) 614-2487, Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Army.