This Reserve’s Broken, Can We Have Another?
The head of the Army Reserve has sent a sharply worded memo to other military leaders expressing “deepening concern” about the continued readiness of his troops, who have been used heavily in Iraq and Afghanistan, and warning that his branch of 200,000 soldiers “is rapidly degenerating into a ‘broken’ force” … “The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you of the Army Reserve’s inability . . . to meet mission requirements” associated with Iraq and Afghanistan.