New combat roles ahead for Reserve, National Guard

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The National Guard and Reserve will take on more of the combat burden in Iraq next year, replacing some Army troops with a smaller, lighter and more mobile force equipped with fewer tanks and more Humvees.

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