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Article: Joint and expeditionary focus: Army gets there fast but not alone.(Of Interest)
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- Army Communicator
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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Editor's note: This is one in a series on the 17 Army focus areas. This features "a Joint and expeditionary Army with a campaign-quality capability"--formerly called Joint and expeditionary mindset.
WASHINGTON -- The Army's chief and acting secretary were asked by a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee if seamen and airmen were being requested to perform Army duties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I'm not aware of any such request. But we're looking for capabilities across the force to relieve the Army," said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker while testifying on Capitol Hill last month. "We fight Jointly ... it makes perfect sense for the ...