FILE -- In this April 1, 2009 file photo, United States Special Operations Commander, Navy Adm. Eric T. Olson, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. policy for Pakistan and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)From Yahoo News/AP:
WASHINGTON – Elite special operations forces can't grow fast enough to meet increasing global demands, so the Pentagon is depending more heavily on support that is not always available from regular forces, according to the military's top special operations commander.
Adm. Eric T. Olson, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, says he needs the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to provide more logistics, intelligence, communications and air transportation support for his troops overseas.
"We are and will be dependent upon our service partners for key force enablers," said Olson in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing and obtained by The Associated Press. "The non-availability of these force enablers has become our most vexing issue in the operational environment."
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My Comment: Translation .... we cannot do our job everywhere.