The Army has had to cancel so much training that only two of its42 combat brigades are ready for combat, Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno told reporters at the Association of the US Army conference here today. It’ll take until June to get a solid force of seven brigades ready for any unexpected contingency — and that’s assuming no further budgetary disasters.Odierno is full of shit.
Look at a quick roll call of Army Divisions. The 82nd is up to speed for sure. The 101st trains hard...even if its just garrison (but I know for a fact that they've been doing fieldwork real hard for the last 3 months). 10th Mountain? Ditto. 2nd Armored? Same. 25th out in Hawaii? Please, those boys run hills.
He's sounding the alarm to startle the uninformed but I seriously doubt every single word out of the guys mouth. But unfortunately what he's actually doing is giving the enemy a false impression of our capabilities.
The real question is why and the answer is in his statement. He wants sequestration to go away and since Obama won the last budget impasse, he's hoping to rally Republicans to move toward the President's direction for the sake of national security.
The JCS has become fully politicized. Every single one of them needs to be fired.
