Instability in one part of the world can have dramatic impacts in other parts of the world.

Recognizing this, the Department of the Army announced yesterday that the Chief of Army has directed the 7th Infantry Division headquarters, located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, to add a "deployable capability" while simultaneously maintaining its training and oversight responsibilities for subordinate brigades.

"The 7th ID headquarters will be reorganized to provide the Army with a tailor able and scalable deployable mission command node with resources on hand at JBLM," wrote Lt. Col. William Coppernoll, the division's public affairs officer, in an email.

The change is expected to add about 80 positions to the 7th ID's staff in order to make it available for an overseas mission in the future.

Currently, there are no plans for the division to deploy.

As the division grows to meet its increasing demand for deployability, the Army is carrying out its drawdown from its peak strength during the Iraq War.

"The complexity of the environment we have to operate in now and probably over the next ten, fifteen or twenty years, requires headquarters," said Gen. Ray Odierno, Army Chief of Staff, last September.

"You ask me where the real stress point is in the Army - it's on headquarters."

Hence the need for the 7th ID gaining "deployable capability."

Begun in October 2012 to organize and train the combat brigades on JBLM, the 7th ID has standardized training and operating procedures for the six brigades and 15,000 soldiers that fall under its command.

"This reorganization is the result of sudden crises in Iraq, Africa and other locations that have increased demand for deployable command and control headquarters," the Army wrote in a memorandum to Washington state's congressional delegations.

"The complexity of these environments requires readily-available, high-level leadership cadres drawn from divisional headquarters to provide oversight over deployed units and interact with local and international partners."

The 7th ID provides mission command and training oversight to the 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, the 2nd and 3rd tryker Brigades of the 2nd Infantry Division, the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, the 7th Field Artillery Brigade, the 555th Engineer Brigade and the 201st SBattlefield Surveillance Brigade.