Burnout fears grow as overseas Army deployments match highs not seen since War on Terror: report
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Fears of burnout in the Army ranks are growing amid an operational tempo and deployments that rival the height of the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Grinston’s comments come as the Army has about 120,000 soldiers deployed abroad, according to data compiled by Military.com, a number that is comparable to those seen during the peak of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee
According to congressional data, the entire Department of Defense, which accounts for all branches of the military, had 187,900 troops in Afghanistan and Iraq during the peak year of 2008, a number that quickly began to fall as the war in Iraq started to draw to a close.
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