A new war

I just read about a new war! The “regular” Army is fighting the National Guard Army. (I suppose you thought they were on the same side…silly!)

The Pentagon doesn’t want to fund the National Guard for all of their requirements, even though almost 50% of the forces in Iraq are Guardsmen or Reservists. In fact the Guard has to take their own equipment to Iraq when they are deployed and then are required to leave it there when they return. They come back empty handed. Makes sense.

Currently, non-deployed Guard units have 5% of their authorized rifles…I suppose broomsticks will work if you only need them for marching.

And since the Army has been told to cut its budget, Rumsfeld is proposing to cut troop strength. But he’s planning on cutting those troops from the National Guard inventory, not “regular” Army.