Tom Bowman of The Baltimore Sun on In a memo to Army brass, its leader says overseas demands, dysfunctional policies pose a 'grave danger':
Lt. Gen. James R. "Ron" Helmly, the chief of the Army Reserve, in a blunt and detailed memo, cited the demands of overseas commitments and the unwillingness of Army and Pentagon officials to change "dysfunctional" policies that are hampering the Army Reserve on issues ranging from training and extension of service time to the mobilization of his soldiers.
The Dec. 20 memo, obtained by The Sun, said that in meeting "current demands" of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Reserve is in "grave danger" of being unable to meet other missions in Pentagon contingency plans or help with domestic emergencies "and is rapidly degenerating into a 'broken force.'"
Gee, what could be the problem? I wonder, could overworking and misusing the reserves, sending them overseas to fight in a futile attempt at regional nationbuilding, retaining them past their contractual obligations, and hitting them with back-to-back deployments be the problem? Nah…
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