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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Army Plans to Call Up Thousands of Reserve Troops Mon Jun 28 2004 19:48:09 ET For the first time since Operation Desert Storm, the Army plans to announce this week an involuntary mobilization of thousands of troops from the Individual Ready Reserve, various press outlets are planning to report. The move, which Army officials say is likely to involve notifying roughly 6,500 soldiers about a possible deployment, is meant to fill holes in active and reserve units preparing to go to Iraq and Afghanistan this fall and early next year. Pentagon officials have said for weeks that tapping from the Individual Ready Reserve was in the works. The Army's plan is being explained this week on Capitol Hill in advance of the announcement, expected on Wednesday, defense officials said. Developing... |
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