Top Marine: Troops under too much strain

Mayberry Machiavelli

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Thu Nov-23-06 03:02 AM
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Top Marine: Troops under too much strain

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/22/us.marines/index.html

Top Marine: Troops under too much strain

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The new Marine Corps commandant said Wednesday that the longer than anticipated pace of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is putting an unacceptable strain on his troops.

Gen. James Conway said the service is unable to meet its goal of giving Marines twice as much time at home as in a war zone.

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Conway, who led Marine units into Iraq in 2003 and served on the Pentagon's joint staff, said his troops should get 14 months of relief before they are sent back.

Typically, however, they get only seven or eight months home before being returned to combat, he said.

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acmejack

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Thu Nov-23-06 09:08 AM
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1. A real newsflash that...

Department of the obvious department

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lonestarnot

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Thu Nov-23-06 09:22 AM
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2. So is all that stability we're so accomplishing.

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Mayberry Machiavelli

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Thu Nov-23-06 02:06 PM
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3. le kick

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