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To: Cogito who wrote (126169)	12/3/2009 9:14:25 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542169

"My understanding is that the flexibility extends to the point where in some armies a brigade is as many as 11,000 soldiers." I have never heard of Brigade that large--not an organic one. I suppose it would be possible to assemble such with attachments such as allied expeditionary force temporarily put under its command. "The germane question here, I suppose, is how large are the brigades in the US Armed Forces? I'd assume there's some variability even there. That is, if the question is germane in any case." My understanding is that Brigades can vary depending on the mission. The Army uses a Tactical Organization and Equipment document as a standard measure of what should make up units for planning purposes, but they are forever adjusting it. Its just a baseline reference that can be adjusted by Commanders to fit the tactical and strategic situation. So their is a hard number given by the TO&E, but it is forever a moving number in the real world.