OK, so how many cooks and other CSS folks you want to replace w/non-contractors does it take to sustain a force of 160k? Oh, and another 30k in OEF?

Now where do they come from?

1. Additional duty for each deployed unit. Just keep x% of your folks out of the fight to do sustainment activities. Been there, done that, and it hurt last time.

2. Find that number of folks lounging around the States on "dwell time" and send them over. Make sure you plan for a rotation cycle.

3. Replace the new BCTs coming into the force structure with CSS units. If we have held up under this PERSTEMPO so far, I'm sure we can do it for another decade or so.

4. Bring back the draft and plus up the armed forces to VN levels. Get back on a 3:1 rotation schedule.