Chicago Tribune | Rumsfeld to bolster overtasked military:
"The emergency increase of 33,000 troops, which Schoomaker predicted could last four or five years, is intended to ease the strains of the huge rotation and maintaining Iraq security, as well as to assist in Rumsfeld's plan to transform the military from a heavily equipped, Cold War force to a lighter, more flexible one.

The Pentagon already has instituted 'stop-loss' and 'stop-move' orders to maintain U.S. troop strength in Iraq and Afghanistan. A 'stop-loss' order prevents troops from retiring or leaving the service at the end of their enlistments, while 'stop-move' holds them overseas beyond the original end of their tours.

About 40,000 servicemen and women have been affected by the 'stop-loss' and 'stop-move' orders. Of these, about 16,000 are Reservists.…"

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