I'll take "Duh" for $500, Alex

Reporters have seized upon another Blinding Flash of the Obvious. According to an AP report, "Frequent troop deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched the US Army so thin that many combat units are spending more than one of every two years on foreign battlefields . . . In addition, extended deployments reduce the quality of life for soldiers and their families, threatening Army recruiting and retention."
There's a shocker.