Nbadan
09-26-2004, 04:39 PM
About 800 members of the 98th Army Reserve Division from Rochester, New York will begin a year-long mission in Iraq next month.
The unit, which normally trains reserve and active-duty soldiers in the U.S., will find itself training Iraq’s new army.
The 98th is a non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles.
"This is a hard war and we, frankly, inside the Army Reserve have been not properly prepared for it,” said Lt. Gen. James Helmly, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve.
KWTX (http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/1029996.html)
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WASHINGTON The Army Reserve is sending a unit to Iraq that has never been deployed overseas before.
The 800 or so troops of the 98th Division out of Rochester, New York, normally train reserve and active-duty soldiers in the U-S. Next month they'll begin a year-long mission training Iraq's army.
The head of the Army Reserve says the call-up of the non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles, illustrates how all part-time soldiers must get used to the idea they can be called to active duty.
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WIRC (http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=2312769)
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The only thing left to decide is will the June 05 military draft be 18-26 year old males only like in the Vietnam intervention, or will it also include women this time? No deferments, No Canada or Mexico, and no hiding in the Reserves or National Guard.
The unit, which normally trains reserve and active-duty soldiers in the U.S., will find itself training Iraq’s new army.
The 98th is a non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles.
"This is a hard war and we, frankly, inside the Army Reserve have been not properly prepared for it,” said Lt. Gen. James Helmly, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve.
KWTX (http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/1029996.html)
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WASHINGTON The Army Reserve is sending a unit to Iraq that has never been deployed overseas before.
The 800 or so troops of the 98th Division out of Rochester, New York, normally train reserve and active-duty soldiers in the U-S. Next month they'll begin a year-long mission training Iraq's army.
The head of the Army Reserve says the call-up of the non-combat unit that doesn't even have its own weapons or vehicles, illustrates how all part-time soldiers must get used to the idea they can be called to active duty.
<SNIP>
WIRC (http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=2312769)
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The only thing left to decide is will the June 05 military draft be 18-26 year old males only like in the Vietnam intervention, or will it also include women this time? No deferments, No Canada or Mexico, and no hiding in the Reserves or National Guard.