Gen. Pace had a Q & A yesterday with the troops..think there'll be a transcript?

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http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?id=3182

The troops asked Marine Gen. Peter Pace about equipment shortfalls in the Guard and Reserve, varying tour lengths among the services, whether there should be a joint force utility uniform for all the services and the possibility of a civilian service corps.

Pace told the troops the budget includes about $21 billion for new equipment for the Guard and Reserve and about $17 billion to fix the equipment that has been broken and damaged. “You end up with about $37-$38 billion over the next five years specifically earmarked for either new or refurbished equipment,” he said.

“We could not have, and will not be able to do what this nation needs to do without the Guard and Reserve,” he stressed. “We owe these great Americans the same support that we give to our active forces. We need to make sure they’re properly resourced – properly manned, properly trained, and properly equipped. So when we ask them to do our nation’s business, they are ready to do so.”