Pentagon Outlines Troop Rotation Plan for Iraq

[teryang]

Pentagon Outlines Troop Rotation Plan for Iraq

LA Times

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20040708/ts_latimes/pentagonoutlinestrooprotationplanforiraq&cid=2026&ncid=1480

<...Defense officials laid out a detailed roadmap of how they plan to deploy troops over the next year, replacing 140,000 soldiers and Marines now in Iraq with 135,000 troops being sent from bases in the U.S. and Europe in a third rotation of forces starting in November and lasting four months.


The proportion of reservists in Iraq will increase — from 39% to 42% of U.S. forces — as commanders try to bolster critical specialties where they are short and where civilian contractors can no longer be used because of the dangers. Other gaps will be plugged with the call-up of more than 5,600 recent military retirees.


Meanwhile, commanders are looking for ways to fill thousands of openings in military intelligence operations. Overall, of troops going to Iraq beginning this fall, a majority — 55% — will be serving a second time. <snip>

[Racenut20]

1. I saw recently, a 1000 more FL Gd to go train MP's in Iraq