Stretched US pilots may quit military

(EXCERPT) By Eric Rosenberg in Washington January 10, 2004

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Another US helicopter has crashed in Iraq, killing all nine soldiers
on board and fuelling Pentagon fears that some of the military's most
experienced pilots might quit after prolonged deployments to dangerous
hot spots like Afghanistan and Iraq.

With the first of 118,000 US troops leaving for Iraq in a rotation
aimed at replacing war-weary soldiers, analysts said the US military
is overstretched by deployments in Iraq and elsewhere. They said this
was forcing the Pentagon to keep thousands of soldiers and reservists
in uniform long beyond their release dates, with potentially dangerous
effects on morale.

"There is no question that the force is stretched too...

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>Stretched US pilots may quit military

This is news? I've been reading this headline since 1978. Literally.

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