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Readiness Issues Push Risk Higher For ‘Unknown Contingencies,’ Odierno Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

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Readiness Issues Push Risk Higher For ‘Unknown Contingencies,’ Odierno Says

National security strategy may focus the Army on the Asia-Pacific and Middle East, but the land force must hedge against surprise and be ready for what the Army Chief of Staff calls “unknown contingencies.” Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno Courtesy U.S. Army The general who provides land force options for the joint force is coping with budget uncertainties and force reductions while facing an increasingly complex operating environment around the globe. The Army is not alone in these…

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