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U.S. Army Plans Four-Year Boost of 30,000 Forces

By Vicki Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Strained by operations in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites), the U.S. Army will boost its forces by 30,000 through emergency authority it expects to last four years, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker told Congress on Wednesday.

But Schoomaker, testifying to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, rejected calls from lawmakers for a permanent increase in forces, saying it would undermine efforts to streamline and modernize the Army.

"Right now, I've been given the authority by the secretary of defense to grow the Army by 30,000 people ... under emergency powers," Schoomaker said. He said the authority from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was to last for four years.

The Army is already about 11,000 soldiers over the 482,000 troop limit authorized by Congress under the emergency provision the Pentagon (news - web sites) invoked, largely through "stop-loss" orders that block soldiers from leaving or retiring and through re-enlistment incentives.

Schoomaker told reporters after the hearing the Army would move quickly to add nearly 20,000 more forces, saying, "We want to achieve it as quickly as we can."

He said money for the additional troops would come from the $87 billion emergency spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan Congress passed in November.

Schoomaker said he wanted the additional troops to be incorporated into the Army's efforts to transform itself into a lighter, more mobile force for post-Cold War conflicts.

He rejected mounting demands from Republicans and Democrats in Congress to raise the Army's authorized troop levels, which he said would force the Army to expand permanently before it had made needed structural and operating changes.

"What I stress again is we should not make a commitment for a permanent end-strength (troop) increase at this time," Schoomaker said. He said that would result in the kind of bloated, poorly trained force that plagued the Army in the 1970s.

Rep. Ellen Tauscher, a California Democrat, said the Pentagon seemed to be ducking its obvious need for more manpower in order to save money for the Bush administration's priorities, such as developing a missile defense system.

"We cannot put the strain on our military and on our American people just because we insist ideologically to keep the budget the way it is," Tauscher said.

She is pushing legislation to increase the size of the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps for five years at an estimated cost of up to $4 billion.

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WARMACHINE said:

LOL, cuntlicker, I've already been. I'd love to get you in boot camp bitch, you'd be the mother fucker who cries all night the first night....HAHAHAHAHA

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LovingTongue said:

Bullshit, you've never served in the military.

Post up your DD-214, coward.

That is, unless you have to consult with your babysitters at Mohler's daycare first.

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Originally posted by LovingTongue
Yes that means you, lovechild 27
and trakel
and WARMACHINE
and SleepingWarrior

time to get off your Gi Joe doll-happy ass and go sign up!

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Originally posted by Lovin Tongue
I served too, I was the shower bitch at Fort Levenworth, KS. The best there was. I used to love to drop the soap...

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Originally posted by LovingTongue
Bent - I'll believe that when they post their DD-214.

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LovingTongue said:

Bent - I'll believe that when they post their DD-214.

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Originally posted by WARBRIDE
OH NO....Loving Tongue doesn't believe me....It's the end of the world!!!

HAHAHAHAHA

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LovingTongue said:

You've already proven yourself to be a liar.

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Originally posted by WARBRIDE
And you've already proven yourself to be a gutless little shit.

Your point?

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Originally posted by KillerMuffin
I enjoyed the hell out of my military service. All except for that whole "get up before noon" thing. That could so get tossed out the window. And the kimchi. I have nightmares about the kimchi.

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Originally posted by JackAssJim
My khaki's get you wet girly?

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catfish11 said:

Yeah, posting your DD-214 would not be a good thing....but I did my time 13F- the bastard sons of the field artillery

I shot a round into the air
where it went I do not know
furthermore I do not care
Fuck it!! Drop 5000

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LovingTongue said:

But if some asshole forces me to fight, I'll pick the fucker off from the shadows, be it a foreign invader or some buttfuck trying to forcibly draft me into a pointless foreign war. I won't flee to Canada, but when the body count is done, you'll wish I did. Explosives and deadly gases are even easier to make than guns and bullets.

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LovingTongue said:

Nor is posting one's home address, but that never stopped WARBRIDE from demanding it.

He claims to have served in the military. I'm calling him a fake and a phoney. It's already been established that he lies when it comes to this kind of stuff.

The fact is, I oppose the draft. In addition to being barbaric, it's also sexist. Men are forced to die while women are free to sit at home safe and sound in their homes enjoying the fraud they call "equal rights", while calling men "pussies" if they oppose the fucking draft.

I don't think women should be drafted. I think the Selective Service law needs to go.

But if some asshole forces me to fight, I'll pick the fucker off from the shadows, be it a foreign invader or some buttfuck trying to forcibly draft me into a pointless foreign war. I won't flee to Canada, but when the body count is done, you'll wish I did. Explosives and deadly gases are even easier to make than guns and bullets.

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