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Appendix A ⎯ Screening Process to Determine Alternative Stationing LocationsThe following installations were excluded because they lack an IBCT to exchange with the 2/25 th , a necessaryconstraint as there is insufficient time to construct the garrison infrastructure needed by an SBCT:Fort A. P. HillFort BlissFort IrwinFort Leonard WoodFort RuckerFort SillFort WainwrightFort BenningFort HoodFort JacksonFort LewisFort Sam HoustonFort StewartSelect Army installations support airborne division or air assault division requirements and capabilities toensure the Army can respond rapidly to contingencies with the appropriate forces. An SBCT could not beeffectively integrated with light infantry airborne divisions or air assault divisions to meet the rotationalreadiness requirements to deploy rapidly in a few days time from these installations, where units are collocatedwith the proper transport capabilities for their equipment. The following installations were excludedbecause they support special missions incompatible with an SBCT:Fort BraggFort CampbellThe following installations were excluded because they possess insufficient maneuver training land tosupport the needs of an SBCT:Fort DrumFort PolkFort KnoxFort RileyThere are only seven Army installations that possess minimum maneuver land thresholds to execute thetraining tasks required by the SBCT and would not be screened for the stationing of an SBCT because ofmaneuver land shortfalls. These installations include:Fort Bliss, TexasFort Lewis with Yakima Training CenterFort Wainwright with Donnelly Training AreaWhite Sands Missile Range, New MexicoFort Carson with PCMSFort Richardson with Donnelly Training AreaU.S. Army Garrison, HawaiiAs is discussed above, Fort Bliss, White Sands Missile Range, Fort Wainwright/Donnelly, and FortLewis/Yakima are screened because they lack an IBCT to be exchanged back to Hawaii.February 2008 A-3 2/25th SBCT Final EIS