Hundreds of soldiers could be moved out of South Australia under a planned restructure of the army, with the Department of Defence considering options on how best to transform the service for future 'littoral' operations.
The government is yet to confirm any of the proposed changes, but some army figures believe 1ARMD is unlikely to be moved to Townsville given the city already has an existing armoured regiment.
"Plan Beersheba [army's 2011 restructure] was great for maintaining rotations in Afghanistan, but sacrificing depth for breadth is especially bad with armour – every history book says don't penny packet your tanks," the army member, who is not authorised to comment publicly, told the ABC.In a statement, a defence spokesperson declined to answer specific questions about the proposed restructure but indicated an announcement would soon be made.
This year's DSR concluded: "the land domain force structure design priorities must result in significant changes to army force posture and structure."
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