A breaking Army

After all the discussion of repair/replacement costs, I'm not all that surprised by the jawdropping number. In Iraq, "An estimated $17 billion-plus worth of military equipment is destroyed or worn out each year."

It was two other bits in this WaPo frontpager that caught my eye.

"The Army and Marine Corps have sunk more than 40 percent of their ground combat equipment into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," (and)

"For example, a brigade of 3,800 soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division that will deploy to Iraq next month has been passing around a single training set of 44 Humvees, none of which has the added armor of the Humvees they will drive in Iraq."