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Army Chief Unveils Brigade Combat Team Modernization Plan

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Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt Positioning the Army to capably prepare for whatever might come in what is seen as a complex and uncertain world, the Army Chief of Staff unveiled how the service would modernize. "This year--2010--we are fundamentally changing how we modernize the Army," Gen. George Casey said in the 15-page Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization: Versatile Capabilities for an Uncertain Future, posted on his website. The plan gathers service actions over the past year to hew closely to Defense…

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