It took four months to plan and now will take six months to deploy 30,000 more U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a timeline whose pace surprised some in and outside of the Defense Department.
One senior defense official said bringing that many troops into the country in that short a time creates a logistical "challenge" that won't be easy. But it won't be impossible either.
Deploying troops to Afghanistan in the next six months will be met by the country's harsh winters. Fighting drops dramatically over the winter months as roads become impassable and the U.S. will be forced to fly everything in, which takes considerable time, sources told Fox News.
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