Sunday, November 18, 2007

They're not looking under the couch cushions yet

But the Army and Marines have been scouring their personnel records for soldiers who have not yet had a turn in the sandbox.
Soldiers who haven’t been downrange yet had better hone their warrior skills because the Army wants to see more combat patches in the ranks.

The Army has targeted 37,000 active-duty soldiers who have yet to serve a combat tour after more than six years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
No more cushy stateside jobs for these folk.
“Everybody wants to go downrange and be part of this because they know the importance of this war,” Cody said, adding, “At the same time, there’s a demand to make sure we have the right noncommissioned officer leaders and officer leaders at our training bases that are training up these young men and women to go to these units.”

The need to get combat vets into training bases forced HRC to look deeper into the ranks for soldiers who could deploy and have not.
Gee, Sarge, you look really cool in digital camo!

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