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Military dot com reports that the soldiers fighting in Iraq will be spending less time at home before being redeployed back.

DwellTime Could be Cut for Surge      

Currently, Army troops serve for about one year in Iraq and are supposed tobe home for one year before they deploy again. The Marine Corps sends its unitsto Iraq for seven months, with seven months intended at home station - thoughthat has been hard to attain for some in-demand units.

"If that's workable for the Marines, then why stay back for ayear?" Smith said during a breakfast meeting with defense reporters inWashington.

If this doesn't show that our military is wearing thin, then maybe thedeployment of our NationalGuardsmen and ArmyReservists will. Army reservists are being denied their resignations.

The reserve has used the unpublicized policy, first adopted in 2004 andstrengthened in a May 2005 memo signed by Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, itscommander, to disapprove the resignations of at least 400 reserve officers,according to Army figures.

I understand that when enlisting intothe National Guard or Military Reserves, there are duties that are to beperformed, but when it comes down to deploying weekend warriors to a war zonebecause our military is wearing thin, it's time to take a deeper look into whatwe are doing there. It seems that Bush is taking this war to "a fight tothe finish".