semper-fi wrote:
That slime bucket thinks he has this all figured out but this is still America and we have always had a rebellious and fighting spirit. I feel this will end HARD
Yes, this is depressing and infuriating. I feel shot down.. But we should look at some sort of other side.. Found this opinion pc from the Washington post..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-the-army-should-fire-some-generals-and-promote-some-captains/2014/02/21/7921a234-9802-11e3-afce-3e7c922ef31e_story.htmlAs Army leadership ponders who and what to cut from its budget, the first groups in the crosshairs are the junior and mid-level officers. This is a logical step: To wage counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army expanded its fighting force, and now its time to draw down. What isnt logical is that other ranks will largely get a free pass.
The Army, and the military overall, would be better served by retiring some of the generals, colonels and senior lieutenant colonels, and promoting the best captains, majors and junior lieutenant colonels into those roles.
When the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the Army stood at 480,000 soldiers. Over the next decade, it ballooned to 565,000 soldiers in 2011 and has since shrunk back to 528,000. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last summer that the Army needed to reduce its numbers to as few as 380,000, the lowest since before World War II. It seems likely that the Pentagon will adopt this number as its target for 2020. These cuts will overwhelmingly fall where the recent growth occurred: younger soldiers and officers, nearly all of whom joined to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.
On the officer side, this means dismissing captains and majors the ranks where people entered the force to fight terrorism. No plans have been nnounced to scale back the numbers of higher-ranking officers such as senior lieutenant colonels and colonels. (The number of generals is assigned by Congress and is constant at 230 in the Army.) Having more experienced, higher-ranking soldiers and officers means that the force will remain strategically flexible and able to expand rapidly if the need arises even as it loses junior officers.
AuntiE wrote:
Hello there to everyone.
IT IS NOT about the fact there is a draw down in our troop strength. It is about about the time and place soldiers are being notified.
This worthless administration could not do it any other way!!! :twisted:
greyfox wrote:
This worthless administration could not do it any other way!!! :twisted:
Yes they have to stick in the knife and twist it too.
AuntiE wrote:
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/07/10/awful-some-deployed-combat-personnel-to-be-issued-pink-slips-n1860861?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm
Outrageous: Combat Troops to Receive Pink Slips While Deployed Overseas- Daniel Doherty
Some members of the armed services, all of whom are currently deployed in war zones, will soon be notified by the Defense Department that they will be involuntarily discharged from the military at the end of their current tours. Why? Budget cuts. Its as simple as that. Shockingly, too, hundreds of Army captains have already been handed the devastating news, according to the New York Post, and more officers are expected to get it, if they haven't already, soon enough.
For obvious reasons, this is an outrageous and heartless way to thank combat veterans:
What is astonishing is that the Defense Department thought it would be appropriate to notify deployed soldiers men and women risking their lives daily in combat zones that theyll be laid off after their current deployment.
As one Army wife posted on MilitaryFamily.org, On some level I knew the drawdowns were inevitable, but I guess I never expected to be simultaneously worried about a deployment to Afghanistan and a pink slip because my husbands service is no longer needed.
Awful. To put things in perspective, the government wasted some $100 billion last year alone on frivolous expenditures, and yet it cant even wait long enough to lay off combat veterans until theyre out of harms way? The author describes the Defense Departments handling of this situation as a stunning act of callousness. True. But Id go a step further, and say its actions are a stunning act of cowardice. This is no way to treat American combat veterans.
And yet, as weve seen with the unfolding VA scandal, and now this, combat veterans are often forgotten and mistreated by the same government that purports to represent them. Its not fair and its not right, and Congress should be doing everything in its power to ensure these men and women are taken care of after they retire. Right?
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/07... (
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Fire Hagel for starters. He was a stupid republican. Now he is a stupid Democrat. Isn't progress great
bahmer wrote:
So Obama is building his military out of homosexuals, lesbians, t*********rs, and bisexuals plus Muslims and Hispanics. He may some problems if he goes to war with America. The Muslims won't understand the Hispanics and L**T crowd will only want to have sex with all of the new guys. This hardly sounds like a sound idea to crush America. Remember those pink slipped military and retired military most likely have weapons and know how to use them. This ragtag group will still have to fight the best military in the world even if they are retired.
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Good thinking.
This is the very reason the liberal agenda will collapse. They have bowed to so many special interest groups that once they are all called to work together against loyal Americans; They will refuse to be connected to each other. They will become a house really divided and self destruct by turning against each other. It has happened before, many times people coming against Israel in the Bible turned their weapons on each other and God won the victory.
RIGHT IS STRONGER THAN MIGHT.
Obummer is out of his fuking muzzie loving gourd
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