A third of our brigades in the United States are reporting non-deployable because of personnel and equipment shortages.
Jack Reed: “A third of our brigades in the United States are reporting non-deployable because of personnel and equipment shortages.”
On the recordDecember 4, 2006
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Senator Reed discusses the challenges facing U.S. military readiness for deployment.
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