Army Officials Say Many More Active-Duty Troops Are Needed - washingtonpost.com

Army Officials Say Many More Active-Duty Troops Are Needed - washingtonpost.com: "The Army needs to add at least 30,000 active-duty soldiers to its ranks to fulfill its responsibilities around the world without becoming stretched dangerously thin, senior Army officials warn.
'You can't do what we've been tasked to do with the number of people we have,' Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford said in an interview last week. 'You can see a point where it's going to be very difficult to cope.'
Already, the Army lacks a strategic reserve of brigades trained and ready for major combat, officials said, and units being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving new soldiers at the last minute, meaning they have insufficient time to train together before crossing into the war zone."

Just more evidence of the Bush administrations disdain for the military. Maybe they should tap into the College Republicans...a real hot bed of chicken hawkism!