Call over armed forces shortages
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There are not enough members of the armed forces to meet the demands of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, MPs say.
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Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly warned that the Army faced a serious risk of running out of crucial specialists in the reserves who can be involuntarily called up for active duty.
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Allied defence ministers with troops on the frontline in southern Afghanistan held talks Friday on how to fill gaps in forces and hammer out a strategy for the next half a decade.
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Gordon Brown asks the international community to share the burden of the military campaign in Afghanistan.
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Army officials say they may be forced to make greater use of the National Guard to provide enough troops for overseas deployments.
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The manpower strength of the Army has been markedly depleted by sickness and injury, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.
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NATO nations faced renewed calls on  Friday to supply extra troops for Afghanistan, with commanders  stressing a Polish offer of 1,000 soldiers next year did not  plug the shortfalls.
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The number of blacks joining the military has plunged by more than one-third since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began. Other job prospects are soaring and relatives of potential recruits increasingly are discouraging them from joining the armed services.
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THE Government was today facing calls to end the uncertainty over plans to send Scottish troops to reinforce the Americans in some of the most volatile areas of Iraq.
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TORONTO (CP) - The association representing Canada's doctors is calling on Ottawa to provide a whopping &#36;1 billion to address the shortage of physicians and develop a strategy to ensure the country has enough health providers to care for patients in the future.
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To meet a pressing need for more ground troops, the US armed forces have begun eyeing some of the most dramatic cuts in high-tech weapons since
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The public must be alerted about the risk that not managing water properly could lead to shortages, MPs warn.
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More troops and helicopters are desperately needed in Afghanistan, a British major says in a leaked e-mail.
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There are too few British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they do not have all the equipment they need, increasing the risk they may fail in their missions there, a parliamentary committee report due out Wednesday will warn, The Guardian said.
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The head of the British Army says reserves are nearly used up because of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Policymakers and the medical profession need to recognize and take immediate steps to avert a looming shortage of physicians, analysts told a forum on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
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The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.