“I am extremely concerned about the toll the current pace of operations is taking on them and

“I am extremely concerned about the toll the current pace of operations is taking on them and on their families, on our equipment and on our ability to respond to crises and contingencies beyond ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Adm. Michael Mullen

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, saying soldiers should be limited to yearlong combat tours, instead of 15-month deployments.

“It ripped the warehouses apart. The best way to describe it is it looks like a bomb went off.”

Cmdr. Steve Atkinson

Of the Desoto County, Miss., Sheriff’s Department, describing damage from a tornado that hit the area.