Top general plans shorter war tours
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Soldiers heading to war this summer are likely to see their tours shortened from 15 months to 12 months, even if troop cuts in Iraq are suspended in July as expected, the Army’s top general said.
Gen. George W. Casey Jr. said that while his forces are strained by nearly seven years at war, the Army can maintain 15 combat brigades in battle for at least a couple of months after July while military commanders assess the situation in Iraq.
Casey said that his goal is to eventually shorten war deployments to nine months.
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