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Originally Posted by Roughneck 91
I saw a Pentagon briefing that made my head spin a few weeks ago that had a breakdown of deployed troops by MOS. Of the 120,000 troops in Iraq only 12,000 are 11 series, 18 series, 19 series or 13 series.
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Geez, that's a BIG freakin' tail!! I've always wondered why they push, "Do more with less", then go to war with every swinging Richard on base. Do we really need that many admin weenies running around?
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Originally Posted by Roughneck 91
Rumsfeld has been trying in vain to reduce the bloated conventional Army ever since he was sworn in and the conventional, Cold War minded, generals have fought him tooth and nail the whole way..
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I think they like things as they were during the Cold War because of funding. I wonder how much we'd save if they cut back on heavy armor?? Fleets of bombers that were designed to penetrate Mother Russia's air defense system?