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To: xzins
Civil affairs soldiers are stretched thin. Some 80 percent of military civil affairs experts already have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

“We’re running out of civil affairs experts,” Blackledge said.

Something I said last year, that this was going to be a problem. That and infantry soldiers are NOT cops.
11 posted on 01/24/2004 2:34:27 PM PST by Valin (We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.)
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I've got an article from Genrl Schoomaker about that issue. If I can find it and post it, I'll ping you to it.
13 posted on 01/24/2004 2:38:00 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!!)
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