GAO report shows critical readiness problems for key military branches
Tom Vanden Brook , USA TODAY Published 12:02 p.m. ET June 13, 2017 | Updated 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces, strained by combat since 2001, are no longer capable of protecting vital American interests, Pentagon officials have told government auditors.
The services are smaller and less ready to fight than they have been in years, making the need to rebuild their forces the top priority cited by the Government Accountability Office in a report released Tuesday.
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