{"id":70743,"date":"2017-03-09T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70743"},"modified":"2017-03-09T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:03:03","slug":"101st-division-suffers-after-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70743","title":{"rendered":"101st Division suffers after Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A number of folks sent us links to the Fox News<\/a> story regarding THE “screaming Eagles” of the 101st Division written by Jennifer Griffin who visited the unit at their home in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Many officers in the division say the problems in the aviation brigade were compounded by President Barack Obama imposing strict limits on the number of U.S. forces who could deploy to Afghanistan. To meet the troop \u201ccaps,\u201d the Army was forced to leave helicopter mechanics at home, substituting civilian contractors to the tune of more than $100 million.<\/p>\n

As a result, 1,000 Screaming Eagle mechanics were forced to stay home on its last deployment to Afghanistan, losing nearly a year of training in the process. Other aviation units also were forced to leave their soldiers behind, such as the aviation brigade from the 1st Infantry Division based at Fort Riley in Kansas.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this has a direct impact on Army readiness and it also costs us more money,\u201d the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson, said in congressional testimony last month. He said there is currently a 2:1 ratio of contractors to soldiers in Afghanistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m completely surprised. It’s never happened with a Democrat administration before. Well, except every time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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