US may run out of guard and reserve troops for war on terrorism: report

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US may run out of guard and reserve troops for war on terrorism: report

2 hours, 45 minutes ago



WASHINGTON (AFP)
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Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the government has considered changing the policy to make members of the 1.2 million-strong guard and reserve subject to repeated involuntary mobilization so long as no single mobilization exceeds 24 consecutive months.


In commenting on the report, however, the Department of Defense (news - web sites) (DOD) said it planned to keep its current approach.


"Under DOD's current implementation of the authority, reserve component members can be involuntarily mobilized more than once, but involuntary mobilizations are limited to a cumulative total of 24 months," the report said.


"If DOD's implementation of the partial mobilization authority restricts the cumulative time that reserve component forces can be mobilized, then it is possible that DOD will run out of forces," the report said.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040915/pl_afp/us_military_reserves_040915201425

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. For anybody who has been payiing real close

attentiin this is not a surprise AT ALL

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x829563