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Brother, I think perhaps you should take a trip north to Pete and visit both SOCNORTH and NORTHCOM for a week or so to gain a better understanding of just what folks at those commands do day-to-day, and the level of experience/knowledge/training required to do those jobs. The job requirements of a LT platoon leader at the tactical level are not equitable to those of field grades working at the strategic level.
As for getting rid of heavy armor, there are 10 (soon to be 11) ABCTs currently in the Army. Each one has 90 M1s, so that's almost 1000 tanks in maneuver units, plus a slew of Bradleys, M109s, M113s, and CEVs. Last fall the Army announced that one SBCT at Bliss would transition to an ABCT, and an IBCT at Carson would transition to an SBCT. To me that indicates a desire for more mounted, armored units rather than less.
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