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Uncle Sam Short on Sergeants

Automatic promotions are turning battlefield into a classroom, soldiers say 

Jul 30, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army, plagued by a shortage of non-commissioned officers, has lowered the bar for promotion so much that it has produced sergeants who are not ready to lead, Salon reports in an investigation of a military stretched thin by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In some cases, soldiers... More »

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