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RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal

January 22, 2017 at 12:08 pm

(January 22, 2017 at 6:56 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(January 21, 2017 at 6:36 am)abaris Wrote: It was a rotation system. At any time only 10 percent of soldiers were at the frontline. It wasn't the same 10 percent at any time, and I guess it must have been the same with the US.

Sorry, but there were 9 non-combatant jobs for every combatant job.

Does that ratio still hold in the US army? The increased use of contractors makes me wonder.

* contractors means we pay much more for services than we used to when the military handled it themselves.

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