We are on a trajectory, as you heard the Secretary say, to build readiness to two-thirds of our BCTs to the highest state of readiness by 2022[.]
My view is that it allows us to send ten Army brigades to a war quickly (with the Marines, of course, depending on the fight), with ten others in reserve for a second contingency or to add to the first fight, while the remaining third is brought up to the highest readiness standard for rotations or reinforcements.
And of course the Army National Guard would be mobilized to provide additional BCTs for reinforcements, rotations, or additional crises.
Let's hope that nothing gets so bad that we have to start drafting young people and building new BCTs from scratch.
