Here is some more context on the Army budget issue that is beginning to percolate.

This time its an ARMY TIMES article that with quotes directly from the Army budgetary head.

Repair and refit of existing equipment is not coverred under the series of "emergency" appropriations that have been funding the two wars. Because of this, the army feels that there is no way to fund their transformation (as directed by the Secratary for Defense, which is a strong proponent of force transformation, as am I), and maintain their current forces in a combat ready state.

Rock -> Army <- Hardplace. Im-movable object (Bush) -> Army <- Irresistable force (maintenance, and replenishment) From the Slate story which contained the above link.

• A month earlier, Government Executive reported that Schoomaker had told a group of congressional staffers about grave backlogs at the Army's repair depots. Nearly 1,500 Humvees, M2 Bradley fighting vehicles, and other vehicles were awaiting repair at the Red River Army Depot in Texas. The same was true of 500 M1 tanks at the Anniston depot in Alabama. None of the Army's five largest depots was operating at more than 50 percent capacity—all because of a shortage of money.
• Meanwhile, to meet enlistment targets, the Army has raised the maximum age of recruits to 41, , and—in another recent gulp—relaxed moral and disciplinary standards. The Army has always waived these standards to let in a small number of applicants. But since the Iraq war, this number has risen substantially. In 2001, just 10.07 percent of Army recruits were given moral waivers—i.e., were allowed into the Army, even though they had committed misdemeanors or had once-prohibited problems with drugs and alcohol, records of serious misconduct, or disqualifying medical conditions. By 2004, this number had risen to 11.98 percent. But in 2005, it soared to 15.02 percent. And as of April 2006, according to a fact sheet obtained from an Army officer, the number has leapt to 15.49 percent.