From a previous post discussing how the Repugs "support the troops"
plan on being here for at least 12 years
Not likely, benefits for active duty have eroded significantly since Bush took office . Retirees dont even talkabout it any more...and no we dont get free health care or much of anything else.
But you have stumbled across the dirty little secret of the Rumsfeld molded DOD.
I call it the Wal-mart Military. Senior NCO billets have been drastically reduced. Your chances of reaching E-6, unless you are in a extremely high demand specialty, are fairly limited. More restrictive tenure rules preclude service member from ever reaching retirement or other eligibilty points.
The Repubs say they want is a highly mobile force. What the really mean is mobile in the sense of high turnover so they can have low cost , entry level troops with no long term commitment.
They are doing this to cut manpower costs and plow the money back to the biggest GOP political contributors and revolving door employers: Defense contractors. Hence the cuts in Veterans care, funding for infrastructure that supports troops; barracks, habitability, education programs and so on.
Throw in a drain like Iraq and they are breaking the all volunteer force in the process.
Just think, these guys love America and support the troops. As with all things with these so called conservatives..its all about the money.
But hey, nothing a good Flag pin wont cure.
by
MRFred on
05/08/2008 11:10:39 AM EST
