|
|
Article: Army stretched thin, report says; Iraq, Afghanistan wars seen threat to recruitment.(NATION)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 14, 2005
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Guy Taylor, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched the U.S. Army so thin that its ability to retain and recruit soldiers is threatened, according to an Army-sponsored report released yesterday.
The report by the Rand Corp.'s Arroyo Center - the Army's federally funded research institute - said "no quick fix" is in sight and is the service's most public acknowledgment so far of the burden exacted on forces by the war on terror. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has publicly rejected the notion that troops are stretched too thin to win the war.
However, the report comes as the Pentagon considers dropping ...