The reductions made in the U.S. force structure ensures that even if the United States decided to deploy its remaining four heavy divisions and one armored cavalry regiment, there would be no reserve comparable to that it enjoyed during Desert Storm -- four heavy divisions (two each in the United States and in Germany) and two armored cavalry regiments.

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This could be viewed as either "bringing back the Cavalry" or in the case of the Marine Corps, a new specialty force in the heavy weapons platoon.

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