GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: So rotate. bring in the other forces from Moron and we’ll We’ll then fly back other forces. So we kind of rotate them but got about a third on the ground we’ve there. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Okay. GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: basic. It’s UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: I did get you bogged down on that but a couple of quick follow up questions on Afghanistan. You mentioned that SFATS are starting to fall out. Is that already underway and what number are you talking about? GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: You know I – UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: What portion of those – GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: I Bob. not even sure we discussed numbers as much can’t I’m as conceptually. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Not now are they or going to come (unintelligible)? they’re GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: I think -- be just guessing if I said between now, you know, I’d at the end of the year have half of them. I tell you. But what I do know is whatever we’ll can’t the glide path we were on and we assumed it would go past the winter and probably into the spring of next year. well ahead of this thing so we will be bringing the SFATS home. We’re And probably one of the I guess telltale signs of this is got a brigadier general over we’ve there. We sent one of our premiere young infantry brigadier generals and he actually his job was to organize and be in command of these SFATS units all throughout the Helmand Province. going to bring him in early. We’re UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Hmm. GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: going to bring him home. He went in there around late We’re June or early February of this year. So if you kept him on a go back normal rotation he’d probably February or March of next year. going to bring him back probably in late They’re August, early September. UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Okay Bob. We need to keep moving, sorry. GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: So just the concept that going -- And by the way, it’s they’re there anybody running for the door. actually just working well and that was my isn’t It’s it’s point. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Okay.
GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: So we’ll rotate. We’ll bring in the other forces from Moron and then fly back other forces. So we kind of rotate them but we’ve got about a third on the ground there. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Okay. GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: It’s basic. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: I did get you bogged down on that but a couple of quick follow up questions on Afghanistan. You mentioned that SFATS are starting to fall out. Is that already underway and what number are you talking about? GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: You know I – UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: What portion of those – GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: I can’t Bob. I’m not even sure we discussed numbers as much as conceptually. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Not now are they or they’re going to come (unintelligible)? GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: I think -- I’d be just guessing if I said between now, you know, at the end of the year we’ll have half of them. I can’t tell you. But what I do know is whatever the glide path we were on and we assumed it would go past the winter and probably into the spring of next year. We’re well ahead of this thing so we will be bringing the SFATS home. And probably one of the I guess telltale signs of this is we’ve got a brigadier general over there. We sent one of our premiere young infantry brigadier generals and he actually his job was to organize and be in command of these SFATS units all throughout the Helmand Province. We’re going to bring him in early. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Hmm. GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: We’re going to bring him home. He went in there around late June or early February of this year. So if you kept him on a normal rotation he’d go back probably February or March of next year. They’re going to bring him back probably in late August, early September. UNKNOWN SPEAKER: Okay Bob. We need to keep moving, sorry. GENERAL JAMES F. AMOS: So it’s just the concept that they’re going -- And by the way, there isn’t anybody running for the door. It’s actually just it’s working well and that was my point. UNKNOWN MALE SPEAKER #6: Okay.
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