The move from 11B to 19C wasn't forced; the Army sought volunteers. Within each of the division's three brigades, 178 soldiers with the 11B speciality transitioned to 19C.

FORT BARFOOT, Va. — A few times each year, the Virginia National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute, conducts an 11B Infantry Transition Course. Some of the ...

The same brigade was recently named one of the Army’s Transformation in Contact armor brigades. The move from 11B to 19C, meanwhile, wasn’t a mandatory one. The Army sought soldiers to volunteer.