Army On Track for Plus-up Equipment, New Requirements

, Recent media reports and a three-page summary from a classified Defense Department Inspector General report suggest the Army may have difficulty meeting its equipment requirements with regard to the recently announced troop increase in Iraq. 
 
These media reports are inaccurate and paint an incomplete picture. The U.S. Army's priority is sending only the best trained and equipped soldiers into combat operations and that means providing the best force protection equipment for soldiers. Even as we plus up troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom and beyond, force protection will not be shortchanged. Further, the Army will ensure all these soldiers continue to have the best and most capable equipment in the world. 
 
“Combat is an inherently dangerous and risky endeavor,” said Brig. Gen. Chuck Anderson, a senior leader for the Army