Some 130 Air National Guardsmen from Virginia Beach are being called to active duty for 10 months to deploy to various bases in Southwest Asia. Various news reports said the Virginia ANG’s 203rd RED HORSE engineering unit would undergo refresher training at Camp Pendleton, Va. The unit plans to deploy in two groups, the first leaving next week and the next in mid-October.
The emphasis on speed in the Pentagon’s newly unveiled slate of acquisition reforms may come with increased near-term cost increases, analysts say. But according to U.S. defense officials, the new weapons-buying construct provides the military with enough flexibility to prevent runaway budget overruns in major programs.
