cross-leveling

And the battalion commander who testified called cross-leveling "evil."

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

Commission Chairman Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine major general, says that the practice of 'cross-leveling' — filling out some depleted units by cannibalizing others — is especially dangerous.

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

The military had been trying for two years to get cross-leveling ended.

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

Look at two things: the equipment shortfall and the practice called "cross-leveling."

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

He changed this cross-leveling policy within a very short time after he got there.

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

And he basically said cross-leveling was the root cause of it.

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

We had one general officer [who's] commanding tell us that he could trace a specific casualty to cross-leveling.

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

And the amount of cross-leveling — the percentage that it takes to make up a current deployed unit — is ever increasing.

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

That's why we found the commanders were so upset about cross-leveling.

We're in a Downward Spiral' 2007

Coordinating with the COSCOM/TAACOM on cross-leveling munitions support personnel and equipment.

FM 9-6 Chapter 2 United States Army 1998