By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
Adding another brigade of troops to the 1st Infantry Division is not realistic right now, but smaller units might be possible later on.
Perry Wiggins, Executive Director of the Governor's Military Council and a retired Lt. Gen, said he is just projecting on this issue and does not have a crystal ball. "But I think there will be increases in our army, and I am very positive and optimistic that Fort Riley's a great place to observe and train and that will be a place that some of these organizations will land."
Wiggins talked with JC Post after a recent Military Affairs Council breakfast and noted that he is talking about all sorts of training sets." Different mission sets for different organizations but I'm talking about training in general, field training particularly."
During a visit to Fort Riley U.S. Senator Jerry Moran indicated he thinks that there is the opportunity for a few hundred soldiers to be assigned to the Post. "Nothing that is far enough along to announce anything but we're working with the Army as they figure out how to make some more modest realignments within the military to make certain Fort Riley is on the list." On the subject of asking for an additional brigade Moran made it clear that he recognized that it's not realistic at this time. "My hope is always that we can do a brigade but we'd be happy to provide a unit of several hundred soldiers in size."