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I wouldn't mind having a little bit of this Russian medicine here in the USA for the Army of Northern Virginia and the Potomac Flotilla.
Serdyukov said the number of generals will be cut to 900 from the current 1,100 by phasing them into retirement.With about as many Admirals as ships - I know our Navy is too top heavy - and we are running out of reserved parking spaces.He said the armed forces will abolish the balky Soviet-era structure, disbanding divisions and regiments and forming brigades instead. The number of army units will be reduced from 1,890 to 172, Serdyukov said.
The number of Air Force units will be cut from 340 to 180 and the number in the navy will be cut from 240 to 123, he said.
The Defense Ministry will cut its Moscow headquarters' work force by 60 percent, to 8,500; the number of military academies will drop from 65 to just 10, he said.
At the same time, the military will boost the number of junior officers, such as lieutenants, by 10,000 to 60,000. Officials and military analysts long have pointed that the military is facing a shortage of junior officers because of low pay and meager conditions.
I also know that at smarter, leaner, and more professional Russia makes for a more "interesting" future.
They better hurry up though - I think we are running out of Russians anyway.
Milbloggers live blog the debate again tonight at Chuck's. We had a good time last time - in spite of the fact that the debate itself was far from "fun".
The best thing about the live blog there - you can join in and chat right along with us. And together we can gauge the success of this mission:
Bob Schieffer, host of 3rd presidential debate, will seek specifics...and whether Bob Schieffer cares about specifics of the same things average Americans do.“By now we’ve all heard their talking points,” he said. “We’ve heard the general outlines of what they are talking about. The time has come to be a little more specific.
It's a free for all - so anything could happen. Chuck says the "pregame will start at 2000 eastern". See you there.
Interesting embedded video on VBS.TV of the ANA getting high on hash before fighting the Taliban. It's not as if drug abuse during combat is anything new, but I've never seen it with a British commentator and people sweating their arses off in body armor.
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