82nd Airborne Finds Itself Stretched Thin

My nephew's unit is getting worn out and stretched very thin. He would be back in Iraq now on his fourth rotation except he is training the new recruits going into the maw to be chewed up. Training has been sped up. The New York Times looks at the degraded readiness of all of our combat brigades.

Tags: militaty, readiness, Bush-Cheney, Iraq, WoT