Harry qualified to fly an Apache helicopter in combat early this year, after doing some of his training over the deserts of Arizona and Nevada.

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Lieutenant General TED STROOP (Retired, U.S. Army): And the real question, which we will not be able to answer until you really see whether or not the Army makes its final recruiting marks and that would be perhaps four to five months after the recruiting year is closed, is whether or not you will find shortages in some of the combat units.

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