Ahhh...the Carter years. I was in 1/10th and 1/7th during those years. The 1/10th was 'locked in' as the only game in town for USAREUR and the 7th--thanks to the initiatives of GEN Abrams and COL Healey--was supposed to disappear during that time. However, some very clever and future minded GOs (Vessey and Meyer)--combined with the core of senior SF-oriented leadership (Lutz and Norton and Cincotti)--managed to keep it by playing a funding/manning "shell game" until events overcame the desire of many to see it go away.
One thing during those times, we became very 'tight' in a clannish 'us against the world' way and very good at creative 'alternative funding' to support our training/mission needs. 
Richard's $.02 
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