Pentagon Concedes Division’s Erosion
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The Pentagon acknowledged that the combat readiness of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division has eroded significantly since it began peacekeeping duty in Bosnia last fall.
“It’s not a surprise,” said a Pentagon spokesman, Rear Adm. Craig Quigley. “We prepared and planned for this eventuality.”
Quigley commented in response to a report in the New York Times that said the 3rd Infantry Division’s wartime readiness was dropped to the second-lowest rating because the almost 4,000 division soldiers in Bosnia have been unavailable for training required to keep them combat-ready.
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