Army chief says change is needed
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General Sir Mike Jackson says he sympathises with concerns about Army restructuring but says it is necessary to make it more efficient.
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Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Army's chief of staff, said yesterday he hopes to shorten the 15-month tours in Iraq and Afghanistan this summer. The move would end a policy, required by the buildup of nearly 30,000 U.S. troops in Iraq last year, that has placed significant stress on soldiers and...
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Britain&#39;s armed forces must prepare for a &quot;generation of conflict,&quot; the head of the Army told a conference, the defence ministry confirmed Monday.
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Controversial proposals to reduce the number of army regiments are expected to be finalised by military chiefs.
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PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf admitted today to being slightly &quot;confused&quot; as to whether he should fulfill an earlier pledge to step down as army chief by the end of the year.
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The new head of the Marine Corps said Wednesday that the longer than anticipated pace of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is putting an unacceptable strain on his troops. Gen. James Conway said the service is unable to meet its goal of giving Marines twice as much time at home as in a war zone. Some units are serving their fourth tours in Iraq, and the strain on families has raised concern that Marines will start leaving the service, he told reporters.
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Â· 'Disgraceful' standards found at army barracksÂ· Forces minister accepts some areas need work
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British government announced on Thursday the details to restructure the country&#39;s army forces, saying that the changes would make it more flexible and specialized.
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ISLSMABAD Dec 30 : President General Pervez Musharraf has declared that he would retain the office of Chief of the Army Staff as mandated by the Parliament for continuity of national policies and appealed to the Opposition to accept verdict of the
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Families of soldiers who died at Deepcut and in Iraq unite to call for changes in how the army handles deaths.
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WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates promised Thursday to speed up changes to the military's much-criticized mental health system, declaring "this is something that we can, must and will get fixed."
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At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours.
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'Surge' may be reversed by next March, says America's leading military commander in Iraq.
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The U.S. military's top general said Monday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff is weighing a range of possible new directions in Iraq, including, if President Bush deems it necessary, an even bigger troop buildup.
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Top officials in the Bush administration and on Capitol Hill said yesterday that the federal government must move quickly to revamp the nation's system for identifying and caring for military personnel with the invisible wounds of mental illness.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, announced in a nationwide television address Thursday evening that he would continue as the chief of Pakistan&#39;s army despite his pledge last year to relinquish the military role by
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Britain's military is at the limit of its capacity and can barely cope with the demands placed on it, the head of Britain's army told The Guardian in an interview published in the newspaper's Monday edition.