USAF: Cohen visits Moody AFB to gauge problems, morale.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 August 1998-USAF: Cohen visits Moody AFB to gauge problems, morale (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:210898 MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) -- Defense Secretary William Cohen spent Aug. 17 seeing firsthand some of the problems the military is facing and why many officers and airmen are leaving the service before they've finished their careers.

The Air Force chose Moody to show Cohen some its servicewide problems because the base is one of its busiest. More than 500 members of the 347th Wing deploy throughout the year to Bosnia, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. The wing has one of the Air Force's busiest operation tempos, with 12.5 percent of its people deployed more than 120 days a year and some gone 160 days or more. As a result,...