US reserves nearly "broken"
US reserves nearly "broken", says chief
MSNBC
01/05/05
The U.S. Army Reserve, tapped heavily to provide soldiers for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is 'degenerating into a 'broken' force' due to dysfunctional military policies, the Army Reserve's chief said in a memo made public Wednesday. 'I do not wish to sound alarmist. I do wish to send a clear, distinctive signal of deepening concern,' Lt. Gen. James Helmly said in a Dec. 20 memo to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker. The Army Reserve is a force of 200,000 part-time soldiers who opted not to sign up for the active-duty Army but can be mobilized from their civilian lives in times of national need...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6790738/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
MSNBC
01/05/05
The U.S. Army Reserve, tapped heavily to provide soldiers for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is 'degenerating into a 'broken' force' due to dysfunctional military policies, the Army Reserve's chief said in a memo made public Wednesday. 'I do not wish to sound alarmist. I do wish to send a clear, distinctive signal of deepening concern,' Lt. Gen. James Helmly said in a Dec. 20 memo to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker. The Army Reserve is a force of 200,000 part-time soldiers who opted not to sign up for the active-duty Army but can be mobilized from their civilian lives in times of national need...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6790738/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 6. Jan, 15:20
