Congressional Digest

Excerpt

(Excerpted from Congressional Digest, November 2007)

The ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan — the
largest and longest U.S. military engagements since the
Vietnam war — have led to a substantial increase in the
numbers of service men and women fighting overseas. More
than half the Army has been deployed at least once and 15
percent at least twice in support of these operations.
This prolonged combat duty, combined with difficulties
in Army recruiting, has raised concerns that enough
troops may not be available to accomplish the military’s
missions, and that service members and their fam…