Join the Air Force, work for the Army... Thanks, Rummy!

[MrScorpio]

Of course, Bush supporters (Especially those with "Support The Troopz" stickers on their gazz-guzzling SUVs) will never see the implications behind this story.

This is further proof of Bush junta malfeasance, in their efforts to destroy the US Military. This can only mean one thing; that they are dedicated to putting more soldiers and marines into harm's way. The Pentagon's efforts to train and equip more Iraqi army and police battalions to handle security and fight the insurgency is failing miserably, despite BILLIONS of tax dollars spent.

Further more, it will no longer mean that the Army and USMC who will bear the brunt of the ongoing carnage. Societal cohesion is sure to break down even further in Iraq, fairly soon and everyone will be in imminent danger once the civil war goes full scale.

There is the question regarding taking thousands of highly trained Air Force personnel and forcing them to do jobs tradionally accomplished by other services, the story shows that the service is about to undergo a sea change as well.

Fact is that the US Army has been ruined beyond recognition... And now the Air Force is next.

October 11, 2005
latimes.com : National News

Airmen Fill the Gaps in Wartime
Thousands of Air Force personnel are being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan to perform low-tech roles and help the Army keep up force levels.

By Mark Mazzetti and Greg Miller, Times Staff Writers


WASHINGTON — Straining to find ground troops to maintain its force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has begun deploying thousands of Air Force personnel to combat zones in new jobs as interrogators, prison sentries and gunners on supply trucks.

The Air Force years ago banked its future on state-of-the-art fighter jets and billion-dollar satellites. Yet the service that has long avoided being pulled into ground operations is now finding that its people — rather than its weapons — are what the Pentagon needs most as it wages a prolonged war against a low-tech, insurgent enemy.

Individual branches have spent decades carving out unique roles within the U.S. military, and Air Force officials insist that the redeployment of its personnel is temporary. Nonetheless, the reassignments come as another sign that the Pentagon is struggling to meet the demands of what military officials have begun calling "the long war."

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