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Originally posted by bilmore
We've already deployed most of the reserves. The cupboard is bare.
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http://www4.army.mil/USAR/organization/force.php
[a little over 1 million total reservists - including the IRR and the Retired Reserve, all of whom can be recalled, though the RR, numbering over 700,000 of that million, would take serious time to mobilize].
The House Armed Services Committee says 46% of the army reserves (meaning Ready Reserves, not the retirees) have been mobilized since 2001.
http://armedservices.house.gov/openi...03-10cody.html