AP Wire | 01/22/2004 | Army Leader: War Brings Chances, Obstacles: "The Army's new leader says his soldiers, while stressed by war on two fronts, are gaining the type of combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan that will make them better warriors.
The fast pace of operations, which some say has stretched the Army dangerously thin, also has presented a rare opportunity to change the way the Army organizes to train and fight, he says.
As a large institution, the Army 'tends to perfect what it knows,' he said, rather than seek change. 'Now we have this focusing opportunity, and we have the fact that (terrorists) have actually attacked our homeland, which gives it some oomph.'
'We are getting better (combat) units out of the war than we sent over there,' he said."
The fast pace of operations, which some say has stretched the Army dangerously thin, also has presented a rare opportunity to change the way the Army organizes to train and fight, he says.
As a large institution, the Army 'tends to perfect what it knows,' he said, rather than seek change. 'Now we have this focusing opportunity, and we have the fact that (terrorists) have actually attacked our homeland, which gives it some oomph.'
'We are getting better (combat) units out of the war than we sent over there,' he said."
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