{"id":643,"date":"2007-01-31T07:10:23","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T07:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=643"},"modified":"2012-10-11T07:12:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T07:12:51","slug":"no-good-reason-to-boost-army-marine-corps-end-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/no-good-reason-to-boost-army-marine-corps-end-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"No good reason to boost Army, Marine Corps end strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"pdfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/0701br20.pdf\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(printable PDF version)<\/a> <a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/0701br20.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(HTML version)<\/a> <span class=\"varPubAuthor\">by Carl Conetta<\/span>, <span class=\"varPubSource\"><em>PDA Briefing Report #20<\/em>,<\/span> <span class=\"varPubDate\">31 January 2007.<\/span> <span class=\"varPubSum\">The proposal to add 92,000 personnel to US ground forces will combine with other initiatives to greatly increase America&#8217;s capacity to sustain large, protracted ground operations overseas. And it will enable an indefinite stay in Iraq. The rationale for this capability misconstrues the lessons of the Iraq war and America&#8217;s true security requirements. The memo also reviews recent and possible future deployment patterns.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(printable PDF version) (HTML version) by Carl Conetta, PDA Briefing Report #20, 31 January 2007. 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