Same here from someone that has also served. However my nephew that just returned from Iraq has told me something that troubles me. My nephew was wouned twice by mortar shrapnel, the second time more seriously than the first, which has left him with shrapnel in his hand, elbow, and gut which is not being removed. He received a Purple Heart for his wounds. He served his enlistment (actually more than the normal enlistment due to stoploss). Anyway he just got a letter in the mail that says to get his affairs in order as he could be re-enlisted in 90 days and redeployed to Iraq.
Please tell me: If Rumsfeld keeps saying we have plenty of troops, why is he being told they may call him back in and why did the letter say they are having problems with troop numbers? And why do I know a few guys that have been deployed 3 times to Iraq? I know one that is going back for the 4th time but it's voluntary as he doesn't want is platoon to be without him.