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Old 03-23-2006, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by peragro
We do. For the most part they performed admirably during Katrina and continue to do so for other natural disasters.
My daughter has been in Baghdad now for about 18 months with KBR and would second that. She says that they're for the most part not that prepared for what they're into over there though. I have not seen a break down of % of regulars vs. NG's attrition rate, but from her feedback it seems the Guard is just being thrown rather haphazardly into the *****. Not meaning to take anything away from them. Just that they maybe in the breach without the skills.
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