Report: Army short on personnel to supply troops

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON — The Army does not have enough personnel or training to adequately supply its soldiers in combat, and it needs an additional 2,000 military and civilian personnel with the authority to sign and manage contracts, according to a new report obtained by the Associated Press.

Saying that providing forces on the move with ever-changing technologies is not as simple as it once was, the report said the Army "lacks the leadership and personnel (military and civilian) to provide sufficient contracting support."

The 106-page report, titled "Urgent Reform Required," says that the Army has seen a 600% increase in workload and is dealing with more complex contracts, yet staffing has consistently declined or remained stagnant since 1990.

Contracting should be treated as a key priority, and not as an "institutional side issue," the report said, describing Army contract personnel as "understaffed, overworked, under-trained, under-supported, and, most important, under-valued." It recommends adding 400 military personnel and about a thousand Army civilians and says another 600 Army staff should be assigned to the Defense Department's contract management agency to provide greater oversight of the contracts.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-11-01-army-supply_N.htm?csp=34

[DeepModem Mom]

1. K&R

[Supersedeas]

2. under-valued -- doesn't the chickenhawk lipservice cover it??

[sarcasmo]

3. Guilt Propaganda, LMFAO.

I feel so guilty let me go out and re-enlist.