{"id":49393,"date":"2024-03-14T20:41:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/14\/lawmaker-presses-army-to-explore-permanent-armor-presence-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:24:44","slug":"lawmaker-presses-army-to-explore-permanent-armor-presence-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/03\/14\/lawmaker-presses-army-to-explore-permanent-armor-presence-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker presses Army to explore permanent armor presence in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The congressman who leads a military quality of life panel wants the Army to \u201cgive serious consideration\u201d to stationing an armor brigade in Europe after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/03\/11\/broken-track-suicides-suffering-in-armys-exhausted-armor-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">an Army Times investigation<\/a> into suicides in tank units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said in a statement that he found Army Times\u2019 investigation \u201cto be deeply troubling, especially that it could be so widespread in a single community.\u201d The lawmaker, a retired Air Force brigadier general and the House Armed Services Committee\u2019s quality of life panel chief, added that he was previously unaware of these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an Army Times data analysis, members of armor brigades were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/03\/11\/broken-track-how-army-times-discovered-high-tank-unit-suicide-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\">more than twice as likely<\/a> as other active duty soldiers to kill themselves between 2019 and 2021. During the same period, enlisted tankers killed themselves at more than three times the rate of other soldiers. Experts said tank brigades\u2019 treadmill of training and non-combat deployments increase the community\u2019s systemic suicide risk and make its soldiers more vulnerable to major life stressors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army currently has two active duty tank brigades deployed to Europe. Despite efforts to reduce demands around the world, tank units still struggle to meet the requirement. 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Bacon pointed at the Air Force\u2019s struggle to maintain no-fly zones around the world in the 1990s as an example of \u201chow the grind of endless presence rotations really tears up your force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bacon described the deaths as a \u201cred flag,\u201d adding that \u201cwe need to remember that we\u2019re talking about human beings, not appliances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a previous response to questions from Army Times, service spokesperson Col. Roger Cabiness II described overseas basing as \u201cnot a simple task.\u201d Such a move would require action from Congress, the Defense Department and diplomats at home and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bacon\u2019s call also comes on the heels of a Monday report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/03\/13\/army-should-permanently-station-armor-brigade-in-poland-report-argues\/\" target=\"_blank\">recommended the Army end rotational armor deployments<\/a> to Europe in favor of permanently basing a brigade in Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report\u2019s authors recommended that the Army abandon the rotational armor brigade deployment model because it \u201ceats up &#8230; the Army\u2019s force structure and long-term readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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