Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Monday that the Army plans to add an additional 22,000 troops to its ranks, growing to 569,000 soldiers. The force will be the largest it has been since the 572,000 in 1993, during the post-Cold War reduction in force, but far below the 1.57 million soldiers under arms in 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War. Full Story »
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Bringing to light the effect the rising numbers of injured on the duty roles is vital that this be brought to the light of (every) day.
Maybe I am not the most informed, but this article brought to light a lot of things that for sure were not in the front of my thoughts on the wars. ... More »
The planned troop increase has much more to do with the number of men and women who have been wounded than with those who have been killed. In times of war, the wounded ... More »
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