Other Services Are Changing
Navy - Transformation Plan includes rotating crews to forward-deployed ships
Coast Guard – Future Force 21
Marine Corps – Moving to a unit rotation and unit cohesion concept
Air Force - AEF Units on cycle
Bottom line-Other services have accepted some degree of reduced readiness levels to accommodate unit manning, i.e., Navy and CBG rotation cycles—Army maintains 100% of units ready 100% of time. Look at the 3ID as we speak, tank crews are being broken by IRS after they have completed gunnery and NTC rotations despite the fact at a war with Iraq is looming on the horizon.