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Occupation Distress

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This site was archived March 2009. There are over 1,200 articles and resource links archived here and conveniently organized in categories. For years to come this site should remain one the very best resource sites on the distress for the armed forces caused by the recent American wars of occupation. You can find more recent war-related readiness citations at http://www.comw.org/wordpress/dsr/tag/readiness.

From the Project on Defense Alternatives

Need for More Ground Troops?
Bipasha Ray. Defense Analysis Bulletin No. 4, Project on Defense Alternatives, 01 May 2007.

More Troops for Iraq? Time to Just Say 'No'
Carl Conetta. Project on Defense Alternatives, 09 January 2007.

Fighting on Borrowed Time: The Effect on US Military Readiness of America's Post-9/11 Wars
Carl Conetta. Project on Defense Alternatives, 11 September 2006.

Is the Iraq War Sapping America's Military Power? Cautionary Data and Perspectives
Carl Conetta, Charles Knight, and Melissa Murphy. Project on Defense Alternatives, 22 October 2004.

The New Occupation:  How Preventive War is Wrecking the Military
Charles Knight and Marcus Corbin. Security Policy Working Group, 04 January 2004.

A Measure of Stress on Active Component Army Personnel 1994-2004
Charles Knight. Project on Defense Alternatives, 19 October 2004 (.pdf file).

US Military Personnel Overseas 2002-2004
Carl Conetta. Project on Defense Alternatives, 19 October 2004 (.pdf file).

Mobilized National Guard and Reserve, October 2001 - September 2004
Carl Conetta. Project on Defense Alternatives, 19 October 2004 (.pdf file).

Change in the Percentage of US Military Personnel Overseas, Stationed and Deployed
Carl Conetta.Project on Defense Alternatives, 19 October 2004 (.pdf file).


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Force Requirements in Stability Operations
James T. Quinlivan. Parameters, Winter 1995.

Army Transformation Page
Project on Defense Alternatives.

Military Personnel Statistics
DoD Statistical Information Analysis Division.

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

Multi-National Force - Iraq
official site.


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