Had we met this year's (goal), we could have taken a look at stop-loss and readjusted it. |
It does have an impact, |
That's to afford the recruiters out there a wider aperture to go after. |
The truth of the matter is, we opened up the aperture and said, 'Okay, we can declare success as long as we stay above or at what DoD's goal was', |
We are challenged because of the demographics, |
We cannot afford to have our photos become training and recruitment tools for the enemy. |
We were an equipment-short Army when we entered this war, |