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Martin Dempsey: “I have said before and I believe it today as well that today's readiness problem is tomorrow's retention problem.”

On the recordMay 5, 2014
I have said before and I believe it today as well that today's readiness problem is tomorrow's retention problem.
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Martin Dempsey

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Dempsey emphasizes the link between military readiness and personnel retention.

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