No we do not have enough to do this, which is why we need them. Yes, the Army met it goals last fiscal year, but that is just enough to replace the ones who get out as well as build up the two new units that were added are are either on their way or are already in Iraq. The Army is still trying to add 7 more BCT's to the ranks over the next few years. That is going to take a while. And when they do increase the numbers, that does not increase the number of troops that are over there, it just gives them more people to use for rotations, the end result being that units returning from deployment will be able to stay home longer.
Bruce Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > why do we even have mercs to begin with? If our recruitment goals are > being made, shouldn't we have enough soldiers to perform all duties? > Or have we always used hired guns in this manner? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243580 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
