Not the first time troops have had their time off or leave cut....check these out...
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=52628&archive=true[/url]
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...7&archive=true
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...4&archive=true
The first of these is from April, so this is by no means a new thing. It does show that the U.S. simply does not have the resources to conduct dual campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq without seriously over-stretching their manpower.