Posted on 04/21/2014 12:34:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Well I imagine that would give us the advantage then. What good does it do them to march a conventional Army at us if we can so easily wipe them out remotely?
That’s pure victim mentality propaganda BS that has infected our military leadership and politicians trying to score anti-Bush points. That’s when the suicide “epidemic” stories began and now its a PC narrative.
Their suicide rate is actually no worse than the general population’s here. After multiple deployments, if they want to stay in, THAT is when you send them to a school, send them to an accompanied tour somewhere out of combat, develop them professionally, and then send them back to forming units as respected seasoned leaders.
Instead, we send them to guys like Major Hassan for mandatory counseling, isolate them by unceremoniously kicking them to the curb, and throwing them into civilian life that has no concept of what they have seen.
Isolating them by separating them involuntarily from the Army, bad. Giving them a quiet assignment, letting them grow, and showing them due earned respect, good.
Of course, that was when we had a peacetime Army. Now we are in constant war with Eurasia! Or was it Eastasia? I cant remember anymore,,,
Wars are fought for territory and resources. Those require boots on the ground to exploit.
What territory and resources are we looking to acquire (besides those of Canada)?
What is askew is that the stateside jobs that a returning combat vet might aspire to in the Army are filled with careerists, single moms, and officers who play the admin game and punch tickets.
They are very happy to flush away Officers who would bring good combat records and solid experience to the competition.
nom nom nom,,,good food.
Well duh...anytime you downsize you need to push people out. The issue isn’t people being pushed out...it’s what is the proper size of our military and how can we push out some of the civilians that sit around and collect a check.
There is really No loss. these Officers will be subject to involuntary recall should Obama’s Crap really hit the fan.
Of course by then these guys and gals will have moved on with their lives so they ‘ll only be screwed again.
For that to be true they’d have to have a plan to keep the Army top heavy. They could be doing that, but often times they first cut the junior ranks and then let the older ranks retire. The junior officers are more likely to get meaningful employment...the older officers not so much.
Not everything is a conspiracy. Once again the real question is what size should the army be.
Otherwise known as feather merchants.
“Not everything is a conspiracy”
Actually, lately it sure is. And it’s naïve to think that the senior leaders are thinking of the proper size force structure. I assure you that they are thinking only of structures that include them in it, and which position them to land in the defense industry afterwards.
Ask around,,
They also like to make sure the officers that remain are loyal to them and not the Constitution.
During the Clinton reign of terror I watched as five different Air Force Majors were promoted and each one of them had "bad paper" in their jackets that should have precluded them from promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. At the same time I saw at least a dozen Majors who I knew to be some of the smartest and finest officers get passed over.
Promoting the bad seeds makes them loyal to the wrong thing. They do not care about the mission and war fighting but for their jobs and paycheck. They know where their bread is buttered and following the Oath of Office is not part of the equation.
I agree with you.
I’m in the military I know how it works. and Rule #1 is personnel/manpower is inept at managing the force. They always overcut then over-recruit.
But it’s not all the senior leaders that get to make this decision. The Tippy-Top brass sure they may be vying for a position but it’s not that many of them...the real issue is the field grade officers and they will be getting retired soon anyway. Then it’s easy to replace junior officers, but not so much field graders as when they are gone it takes years to replace them.
Is stupid.
Trained, combat experienced officers being forced out.
Beyond stupid.
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Not stupid at all if one wants willing savages.
Judging by where we have had military resources (including me) fighting for the last 20+ years I would guess in the Middle East/Asia and oil. Maybe throw in some rare earths in re Afghanistan. Judging by the hamstringing of our troops and spooks we are sure not trying to stamp out terrorism so I can only guess it is for resources......
Army Aviation is being phased out. Kiowas are being replaced by drones and there is no airframe to replace Apaches- Again drones. Only thing remaining is Chinook and Blackhawk for transport dustoff/medevac and logisitical support
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42493.pdf
Interesting reading.
If you equate 3 BCTs to a division, the proposal is to go from 14 2/3 active duty division equivalents (44 BCT) down to 8 active duty division equivalents (24 BCT). Army leadership says it can't do the job with any less than 9 1/3 active duty division equivalents (28 BCT).
The report also notes that the Army wants to add a battalion to each one of the 24 reserve BCTs. 24 battalions is equivalent to the infantry strength of 2 2/3 divisions.
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