We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/increasing_grou.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Well, that will put some more pressure on Recruiting Command... that said - we had 740,000 soldiers in my VOLAR (old term, Volunteer Army) army of the '80s, when there were fewer Americans than there are now (not counting the illegals, either). We're not talking about going back to that era. Of course, that was also when we had the economy we'd inherited from President Carter. Oh, wait - the Dems are back in charge of Congress. So, in a few years, especially if they win the White House, I expect meeting those numbers won't be all that hard. By... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/increasing_grou.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/increasing_grou.html Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:06:12 -0600