JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The Army is moving the headquarters of the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The Army also said Wednesday that some units currently stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, will move to Lewis-McChord.
The changes will add about 1,400 soldiers and 44 helicopters to the base near Tacoma, which currently is without a combat aviation brigade.
The aviation brigade will support the training and operations of I Corps. The first units of the new brigade will be activated at JBLM as soon as June and the final unit in 2014.
