Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Enhancing overseas quality time and optimizing the potential
for life-shortening experiences
One weekend a month their ass....
Army officials defended the new deployment order, saying the scarcity of active-duty forces and security concerns in Iraq made it necessary to keep a large number of Guard and Reserve troops in the country for as long as possible. Many of the specialties most required in postwar Iraq are almost entirely provided by Guard and Army Reserve units.
“Because of the dynamic situation in theater, we had to take a look at our overseas forces to make sure we were maximizing their deployment opportunity,” one Army official said, asking that he not be identified by name.
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