"Army Scrambles On 4 Continents: Odierno Previews ... " Topic

…New Doctrine.

"The Mideast (http://breakingdefense.com/2014/09/how-to-defeat-isil-its-all-about-the-strategy/) may have the spotlight right now, but it's not the only area that has the Army of Chief of Staff (http://breakingdefense.com/tag/gen.-ray-odierno/) worried. In an uncanny parallel to the 1990s, the end of a large-scale ground deployment — in Europe then, in Iraq and Afghanistan now – has led to steep Army budget cuts even as multiple new missions, smaller but demanding, pop up all around the world. With new threats arising and complexity increasing as funding declines, Gen. Ray Odierno said, a new "Army Operating Concept" will help reorient the service for the post-Afghanistan era (http://breakingdefense.com/2014/09/obama-to-world-were-back/).

Not that we're in the post-Afghanistan era yet, given the continuing advisor mission there. The stress of the accumulated stresses, old and new, is already starting to show. "I have two division headquarters in Afghanistan (http://breakingdefense.com/2014/07/afghanistan-wont-go-down-like-iraq-gen-dunford-tells-senate/). I have a division headquarters in Korea…"
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It's going to be very bad, if those suspicious Ebola patients, and/or their neighbors kill some of our soldiers, like they did to the other aid workers a few days ago, who were trying to help them.

It's up to USAMRIID to contain these deadly infectious diseases abroad and the CDC to limit their spread if they reach our shores. Reminds me of Richard Preston's 'The Hot Zone.'

Well the Cold War and the War of Terrorism are over isn't it ? Why would we ever need all those soldiers for ?