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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY: One in five Army generals could not deploy for medical reasons in 2016, data show
WASHINGTON – One in five Army generals could not deploy in 2016 for medical reasons, according to data obtained by USA TODAY, a troubling trend in the military's readiness to fight that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has vowed to fix.
Overdue medical and dental exams were the primary reasons for what the Army refers to as medical readiness in 2016. The medical readiness rate for generals has improved to nearly 85 percent, according to Brig. Gen. Omar Jones, the Army's top spokesman. Almost all generals, 97.4 percent, can now deploy after taking care of minor issues such as having updated blood tests and dental exams.
"The Army's top priority is readiness and soldiers are expected to be world-wide deployable to ensure our Army is ready to fight today and in the future," Jones said. "The data from 2016 does not reflect recent improvements in medical readiness for the Army as a whole and for the general officer corps specifically."
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WNU Editor: The rates have improved since 2016. But if you cannot deploy .... you better have a very good reason.
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Deploy to Afghanistan? Next month? Uhhhhh no. ..oh poop... I can't. .I got this dental exam coming up. .uhh damn.... totally wish I could go though. Say Hi to the troops from me, gosh I miss them. That damn dentist. Ah well, gotta do what you gotta do if you want that perfect leader' smile.
And puts himself in for a bronze star with "V". War is hell; he wanted a silver.
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