[xzins]

pay them...to keep them around

A US trained special ops warrior is a major investment, but ALSO a major marketable commodity in the world of warriors. They can be highly paid trainers for other nations, highly paid consultants for corporations. A real specops warrior is not in the unit they're in because of luck.

[MP5SD]

Your right on. Many are there because of the Stop Loss.This year no SFC board so you can't get promoted, but you can't retire because of stop loss. Its only a marketable skill if you can play the market. These guys get screwed just like everybody else. A cook has a better opportunity to be promoted and realize an equitable retirement. The powers that be and bean counters have done more to destroy morale in SOF than they know. They ask themselves all the time why are the boys pissed? They get the answer, then they shelve it and won't make it public.Who else publishes something like the "Resister" and why are they so adamant about ignoring the problem?