Army Speeds Up Efforts to Add to Forces

[RamboLiberal]

Source: AP

Top Army leaders said Tuesday they plan to add 74,000 soldiers to the Army by 2010, two years sooner than originally planned, in order to relieve the strain on forces already stretched by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And they will do it largely by persuading more soldiers to stay in the armed forces, as well as getting the help of National Guard recruiters who will work to direct some of their recruits to the active-duty Army.

Army Gen. George Casey, speaking to the Association of the United State Army Tuesday, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the plan to hasten the increase by two years in order to give soldiers more time at home between deployments and improve staffing and educational opportunities.

Casey's comments provided the first public acknowledgment of the two-year acceleration plan. Officials earlier had suggested the timeline would be cut by one year.



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How big will be the bribes?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. You will see a draft before long

the back of the army is broken... that is what Casey is saying

[MiniMe]

2. They had a report on the local news tonight (in DC) that recruiters are

now recruiting in prisons. I would imagine they would have to be in for relatively minor crimes, but who knows? Shows you how desperate they are.

[RamboLiberal]

4. On a local (Pittsburgh) liberal talk show we had someone

from the court call in and say the recruiters are showing up in court rooms and with the defense attornies doing deals. She said some of the crimes are fairly serious. This was in response to a emailer to the host of the show saying a female soldier relative was afraid to deploy with her unit because of all the gang members in the unit.

[ProudDad]

3. Why??? (n/t)

[lovuian]

5. this is a mercenary army and to put women soldiers in that

mess is crazy... Its so scary