European and Pacific Stars & Stripes: "‘What keeps me awake at night is what this all-volunteer force will look like in 2007,’ Gen. Richard Cody told lawmakers recently on Capital Hill."

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"‘This fight,’ Cody said, ‘has taken a toll.’

If left unchecked, he said, that toll could have dire consequences.

‘If we as a country don’t show our appreciation — and that appreciation is really in how well we resource them, how well we take care of the families, how well we get the balance right so that we can give some predictability into the Guard and Reserves as well as into our active force — then I think we will have stretched this all volunteer force.

While Cody stopped short of warning that the military could have to return to a draft, some experts say that may not be too far over the horizon."

(Via Stars and Stripes.)