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Executive SummaryThe stationing of the 2/25 th SBCT in Alaska would result in a net increase of a projected 667 Soldiers tobe stationed at Fort Richardson. Major differences between the modular 4/25 th IBCT (Airborne) and the2/25 th SBCT in their equipment include approximately 320 Stryker vehicles, increased numbers of indirectfire systems to include 12 additional 155-mm cannon, 36 120-mm Mortars, and 27 105-mm directfire cannon systems mounted on the Stryker MGS.Alternative C — Permanently Station the 2/25 th SBCT at Fort Carsonwhile Conducting Required Training at Military Training Sites in ColoradoUnder this alternative the Army would permanently home station the 2/25 th SBCT at Fort Carson, Colorado.The 2/25 th would return to Fort Carson in early 2009 upon completion of its deployment. The 2/25 thwould conduct all activities needed to support the Proposed Action, including full training, garrison operations,deployment, providing for Soldier and Family quality of life and the strategic needs of the U.S.Army. Garrison operations, unit weapons qualifications, platoon training, equipment maintenance, and thehousing and support of Soldiers and their Families would take place primarily at Fort Carson. Because ofthe limited availability of training land, unit maneuvers above the platoon level would primarily occur atPCMS. Fort Carson, however, possesses most of the training range infrastructure that would be used toconduct CALFEX exercises for company and limited battalion live-fire qualifications. A considerablemajority of the 2/25 th ’s individual and collective vehicular mounted live-fire training would occur at FortCarson.As part of this alternative, the modular 4/4 th IBCT (formerly designated the 2 nd Brigade 2 nd Infantry Division)would exchange places with the 2/25 th SBCT to be permanently stationed in Hawaii. It should benoted that the 4/4 th IBCT does not share the Airborne designation or airborne unit facilities requirementsthat the 4/25 th IBCT (Airborne) must have to maintain jump status. As the 4/25 th would still be stationedin Alaska and capable of meeting the USARPAC commanders operational theater needs as part of AlternativeC, the 4/4 th would not need to convert to Airborne status.The stationing of the 2/25 th SBCT at Fort Carson would result in a net increase of a projected 663 Soldiersat the installation. Major differences between the equipment of the 2/25 th SBCT and the 4/4 th IBCT includeapproximately 320 Stryker vehicles and increased numbers of indirect fire systems, such as 18 155-mm cannons, 24 additional 120-mm mortars, and 27 additional 105 mm direct fire cannon systemsmounted on the Stryker MGS.Alternative D — No ActionThe No Action Alternative shows the scenario of what would occur if the agency were not to carry out theProposed Action and serves as a benchmark or baseline of the existing condition against which the predictedeffects of the Proposed Action and alternatives can be evaluated. The No Action Alternative is toreturn the 2/25 th SBCT to its original structure as a non-modular infantry brigade in Hawaii as it existedprior to its transformation. The No Action Alternative would not involve any unit stationing moves andwould not include any actions to transform the structure of the 2/25 th to an SBCT.The No Action Alternative assumes the 2/25 th SBCT would revert to the structure and equipment of the2/25 th ID (L) as it existed in 2004 without changes resulting from modularity. The brigade would train inthe same manner and on the same facilities as the 2/25 th ID (L) had conducted training in 2004. For landand facilities, it is important to have a real baseline against which to compare the impacts of the ProposedAction, however. Therefore, the baseline for facilities includes the actual conditions in July 2007, as theyexisted at the time of this analysis.February 2008 xxii 2/25th SBCT Final EIS