Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops

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Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops

By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 13, 2006; A01

The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.

In addition, the Army will press hard for "full access" to the 346,000-strong Army National Guard and the 196,000-strong Army Reserves by asking Gates to take the politically sensitive step of easing the Pentagon restrictions on the frequency and duration of involuntary call-ups for reservists, according to two senior Army officials.

The push for more ground troops comes as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have sharply decreased the readiness of Army and Marine Corps units rotating back to the United States, compromising the ability of U.S. ground forces to respond to other potential conflicts around the world.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/12/AR2006121201697_pf.html

[whistle]

1. Didn't the military ask Rumsfeld all along for more troops in Iraq

....and he refused?

[zulchzulu]

2. Yeah, just throw more troops at the problem. More like Viet Nam every day...

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake...

[Monkeyman]

3. John Kerry said it well that day

No one heard then no one will now