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...sucks? Tough. Because going forward the reevaluation of personnel will result in significant downsizing - strictly as a cost/benefit analysis correction - resulting in a reduction of opportunities for advancement. Know what I'm talking about? Hutch Owen knows. He knows it's b.s. He's that little guy inside your mind telling you you're wasting your life in a cubicle. He's the one chiding you as you plop down your dough for some stupid new gadget. He's also the star of Tom Hart's scathing new collection, "Hutch Owen: Unmarketable!" (Top Shelf; 180 pages; $15) A devastating satire...
...contractors to perform such civilian tasks, among other steps--should generate efficiencies that would ease the strain on the Army without having to boost its size. But other Pentagon officials doubt that such measures will suffice. "We're growing increasingly concerned about the health of the force," an Army personnel officer says. "These deployments are really beginning to take a toll...
...impact on personnel are forcing the Pentagon to cut corners in ways that could dull the military's fighting edge. The Guard, for example, can no longer count, as in the past, on half its troops' having had military experience. If current trends persist, soon only one-third will be veterans. "They'll be able to make their numbers, but the question is, How effective is the Guard going to be if its troops don't have much military experience?" says Lawrence Korb, Pentagon personnel chief during the Reagan Administration. What's more, the military may have to begin promoting...
Despite this roster of troubles, many Army officers remain upbeat. Brigadier General Sean Byrne, the Army's director of military-personnel policy, says that while "the going will be tough" in the months to come, the Army has the tools to keep its force properly manned. "The war on terror strikes home with everybody," he says, "and it motivates them to come on board and stay with us." Rumsfeld and Byrne believe that there is enough goodwill among young Americans out there to fill most of the ranks--and enough money to lure in the rest. Mills, the wounded Army...
...last week brought another development that will undoubtedly be probed: the New England Journal of Medicine reported that military medical personnel in Iraq and Guant??namo were providing interrogators with information about detainees' medical conditions and helping craft interrogation strategies...