By the way, where are all these infantry troops coming from?  The reserves? Afghanistan?  Some 40 year old guy with 3 kids in Al-Anbar?  Further draw down forces in Afhanistan chasing Osama, while letting the Taliban retake Khandahar?

Are they going to retrain support soldiers to be front-liners, while bringing in more National Guard to man the support roles?  Or retrain support troops to be front line and replace them with private contractors?

The army hasn't exactly been hitting its recruiting targets lately.