Here's an interesting illustration of how stretched the US military is at present:
The gates of the world's largest army base, Ft Bragg, NC, are now guarded by civilian contractors. The base commandant acknowledged the unusual move, adding "every soldier counts now, more than ever."
Talk about outsourcing!
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By population, Fort Bragg is the largest Army installation in the world, providing a home to almost 10 percent of the Army’s active component forces. Approximately 43,000 military and 8,000 civilian personnel work at Fort Bragg. Every day approximately military and civilian employees in careers ranging from trades and labor to engineers and attorneys provide the services needed to train, sustain, and deploy the combat forces to America's Crisis Response Contingency Corps and Special Operations Forces.
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