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March 4, 2010

General: Wars Hamper Training of US Troops
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And the top general in charge of training the US Army is warning the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are hampering efforts to train US troops.
In a memo last month, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the commander of the US Army
Training and Doctrine Command, said the Army’s training ability is
“increasingly at risk.” Dempsey says the wars have forced the military
to rely on outside contractors to train troops, with just 30 percent of
instructors now coming from the Army’s own ranks.



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