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thedrifter
03-26-04, 07:44 AM
Medically Unfit Soldiers Sent to Iraq? <br />
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March 25, 2004 <br />
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By David Goldstein, Knight Ridder Newspapers <br />
Stars and Stripes European Edition <br />
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WASHINGTON — To meet the demand for troops in Iraq,...

USMC-FO
03-26-04, 10:23 AM
The issue here points to what many people far more in the "know" than we are is that when you scrape away all the verbiage is that we--as a nation do not, and have not had--for some time enough men and "shooters" under arms for all that we have committed to do. We are not pulling up reserve and guard units for any other reason than we are short on full time gunners where and when we need them. It will be interesting to me for the candidates to address this cronic shortage in our "all volunteer" service.

MillRatUSMC
03-26-04, 01:15 PM
I've been pondering this in my head...they were not medically unfit to draw a paycheck or pay.
But when called to deploy, they are finding every reason under the sun to get out of that deployment.
Where they defrauding the government?
As USMC - FO brings up this cronic shortage in our "all volunteer "service must be adddress by all involved besides the canidates running for office...
IMHO

Semper Fidelis
Ricardo