Army Wants More Training Space

The Army wants to increase the total size of its training areas by 70 percent, USA Today reports. That would involve adding almost 5 million acres worth of space by 2011. The service says the problem is that most of its existing ranges just aren't big enough to accommodate new faster vehicles and high-tech weapons. Adding to the problem is the fact that the Army is boosting the size of its forces and presumably at some point will be bringing a whole bunch of people home from overseas.

Of course, any effort to add more space will involve getting the necessary funding and overcoming the inevitable environmental issues associated with large-scale military training.