Admiral Mullen thinking service all in the family

U.S. Marines and Sailors of the 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company bid farewell before being deployed to Iraq.
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A War Machine for the Whole Family
Wednesday, Apr. 02, 2008
By MARK THOMPSON/WASHINGTON

The nation's top military officer told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday that the U.S. military isn't planning on sending additional troops to Iraq to deal with the recent surge in violence. While Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, didn't say as much, the reality is that there aren't any more U.S. troops to send to Iraq, or anywhere else. Partly to ensure that an overstretched military doesn't break, Mullen pleased troops in North Carolina on Monday when he told them that the Pentagon soon may begin replacing its Cold War-era assignments to South Korea — one-year tours without family — with three-year deployments with families.
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