Gen. Ray Odierno told a Washington conference Monday that the U.S. Army had not conducted any training in the last six months of the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
And, he said, there currently are only two Army brigades rated combat-ready. That's a total of between 7,000 to 10,000 troops and less than one-third what the combat veteran regards as necessary for proper national security. At Investor's Business Daily: http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/102213-676088-ray-odierno-army-combat-brigades-way-below-minimum-after-cuts.htm<http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/102213-676088-ray-odierno-army-combat-brigades-way-below-minimum-after-cuts.htm#ixzz2iYIEaOop> . On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On the one hand I completely agree. We need to get back to basics, get > back to training and strengthen our military after 12 years of persistent > combat. A huge reset if you will. However, we cant reduce readiness. We > need to be a strong ready force not so that we can invade another country, > but so that we are always ready to defend ours. Our military needs to be > strong and ready 24/7, and right now were not. > > Bruce > > On Oct 23, 2013, at 8:41 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Maybe it's time we reduced our military, including "readiness". Maybe the > > next time a hot spot flares up, we'll be FORCED to leave it alone. I for > > one am ready to sit out a few wars. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368045 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
