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After the Gulf War the division went through a series of inactivations and redesignations. Due to the restructuring of the U.S. Army after the end of the Cold War, the 2nd
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In addition to troop barracks, motor pools, an indoor firing range, repair and logistics facilities, and a local training area, facilities at
Garlstedt included a troop medical clinic, post exchange, library, movie theater, and a combined officer/non-commissioned officer/enlisted club. The division's
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Armored Division (Forward) during ceremonies at Grafenwöhr, FRG on 25 July 1978. The Garlstedt facilities were officially turned over to the United States by the German government in October. At that time the Garlstedt kaserne (camp) was named after
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Armored Division was inactivated. Lucius D. Clay Kaserne was turned back over to the German government and was later to become home of the German Army Logistics and Supply School (Logistikschule der Bundeswehr) as well as the seat of General der
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The division participated in numerous major NATO training exercises, including "Trutzige
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crewmen and other available personnel. In addition to regular flights which service the Army of
Occupation, EATS also operated special flights such as providing transportation for diplomatic officials, evacuating sick or wounded, performing mercy flights, aiding
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Armored Division. He was a 74F who was in charge of cutting orders for all remaining members of 2nd Armored Division HQ. On 1 September 1991, he cut the final orders for himself and his commanding officer.
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exercises in 1980 and 1987. As a result of this varied and demanding job, command of the 2nd Armored Division (Forward) was considered a plum assignment for armor branch brigadier generals, on par with perhaps only the
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from WAAF in 1948, retiring only after the Soviets lifted their blockade of Berlin. Prior to this renaming, "Lucius D. Clay Kaserne" was the name of a U.S. Army facility in then-West Germany, near the community of
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for gunnery and maneuver training and each year the division as a whole deployed south to Grafenwöhr and Hohenfels (both in Bavaria) training areas for annual crew and unit gunnery and maneuver qualification.
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affiliate station located in the nearby port city of Bremerhaven.
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193:U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden
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415:,
387::
383:,
379::
371::
183:No
2016:e
2009:t
2002:v
1777:e
1770:t
1763:v
1428:e
1421:t
1414:v
1351::
1310:.
1266:.
1240:.
1214:.
1189:.
786:)
367:(
214:)
20:)
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