I was skepitcal too. The health stats are hard to believe, this freeper was well sourced including the CDC.
For the most part the Brits had Basra and we had other stuff.
It will take a while before being gay affects readiness.
I hope I am wrong.
Let me guess, it was Remedy? He keeps a ton of stuff he's ready to cut-n-paste at a moment's notice. If you look at any of it independently and scratch just a bit under the surface, it easy enough to dismiss his "statistics".
You're probably correct about the deployments in Iraq, I'm not certain. But nonetheless, the British and U.S. troops conduct joint training operations on a regular basis without problems. The British have permitted openly homosexual men to serve in their military for many years now (not sure the exact number, but I think it's been at least about 20) with very little turbulence (none that I can actually recall hearing about).