I'm in the middle of transcribing Cabale News Service's news right now.
Here's a piece of relevant information: "To 'Surge' or not to 'Surge': Surge... Secretary of Defense Gates cuts orders for one brigade (3500+-) of 82nd Airborne soldiers to Kuwait, replacing 2200 Marines moving out to al-Anbar Iraq." That's an additional 1,300 troops... 82nd Airborne replacing Marines. FWIW, by all measures, the Marines are running at an even MORE ragged OPTEMPO edge than the Army.
