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Army to Force out 550 Majors; Some in Afghanistan
ABC News ^ | August 1, 2014 | By LOLITA C. BALDOR - AP

Posted on 08/01/2014 2:34:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The Army says it will soon notify 550 majors that they must leave the service by next spring as part of a budget-driven downsizing of the service.

Some of those soldiers will get the bad news while they are on the front lines in Afghanistan.

The Army has close to 514,000 soldiers now, but due to budget cuts must be down to 510,000 by October, and down to 490,000 by October 2015.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: army; military; militarypurge; nationalsecurity; obama
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To: GeronL

Am not a Military person but remember the last time I voted. A bar code was attached to each ballot. Each ballot was scanned. Bet they know how I voted.


21 posted on 08/01/2014 2:58:20 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: no-to-illegals

I agree, they do likely know! We are supposed to have a secret ballot and even if we did there is no way they can do it from foreign countries or through the mail without knowing.


22 posted on 08/01/2014 2:59:29 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: oldtech

Oh, there will be a pattern. You bet your ass there will be. Anyone who thinks we are heading in the wrong direction, anyone who does no support the homosexual agenda, anyone who does not toe the party line...


23 posted on 08/01/2014 3:04:20 PM PDT by ronnyquest (I spent 20 years in the Army fighting the enemies of liberty only to see marxism elected at home.)
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To: GeronL

we (you and I) are simply weary; well know for certain I am ... and Waltzing Matilda seems to have been just yesterday. Knowing they know tell us their plan though.


24 posted on 08/01/2014 3:04:29 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: GeronL
"I bet they had those “surveys” handy. Remember when they queried soldiers about their loyalty to the Constitution and Commander in Chief? or shooting Americans?"

I remember. Every soldier in my unit remembers. We also remember that the results angered the PTB because we would not.

25 posted on 08/01/2014 3:06:59 PM PDT by ronnyquest (I spent 20 years in the Army fighting the enemies of liberty only to see marxism elected at home.)
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To: ronnyquest

Weary Weeks. Thank You for your Years! All around the green bush far and near ... Thank You!


26 posted on 08/01/2014 3:09:56 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: ronnyquest

Maybe the results are the reason that they are doing what they are doing now.


27 posted on 08/01/2014 3:10:12 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: cherry
it meant something to elect Romney....it meant a lot....

Yeah, but Romney's leftwing tendencies would have led us down the same road, delaying this hell maybe some years, but all the while letting people sleep in the nice warm pot. Having not compromised our values by voting for the lesser of two evils, people are forced to wake up. I like that people are freaking finally - should have been years ago.
28 posted on 08/01/2014 3:11:40 PM PDT by fr_freak
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Who’ll come a Waltzing Matilda With Me? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VktJNNKm3B0


29 posted on 08/01/2014 3:14:58 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Uncle Chip
That’s what you call a Major Purge —

Ha Ha. But, it's best not to join the parade of the ignorant and misinformed on this issue. There is no purge, never has been. If one were to occur, you would know.

This is a necessary consequence of reducing the size of the Army, a "major" Obama objective. He doesn't like armies, he would like to see them go away, especially our own. When you reduce the size of the Army you need fewer Majors, and Captains (as we have seen a short time ago) and so forth on down the line. They must go, and go they will, culled from the ranks based on the the strength of their records. Some will be little missed, but others are sacrifice to the aims of politicians who have little need for them now that the fighting and dying is coming to an end.

It has been so since I joined the Army, and also my father before me. When the Army is done with you they throw you out. This can be a good thing, wars need warm bodies and some are little less. If their blood still flows, then they need to be sent away to find some other gainful pursuit. But, we always cut not just the fat, but muscle, sinew, and bone when it comes to the Army and Marines (the ones who do the fighting and the dying). They pay the price for free cell phones, disability payments, and food stamps. The voters rule.

We did this after World War II, Korea, three times during the Vietnam drawdown, after the First Gulf War, and now it has come again. It's very tough to look the man in the face who has just gotten his notice, especially when you know his combat record and shared his time in hell. As my battalion commander told me when I left Vietnam: "You can love the Army all you want, it's never going to love you back"

There is no purge, that's a myth. What is going on is quite real and that's the complete destruction of our military capability, especially the Army. But, what the hell, there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats.

30 posted on 08/01/2014 3:15:25 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

if they convert to Islam they can stay until retirement or death


31 posted on 08/01/2014 3:18:55 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: no-to-illegals
and the purge continues

It's not a purge. It's a direct result of today's Obamaconomy. People who would've normally gotten out after their time was up are re-enlisting because there isn't much in the civilian world with the pay and bennies we're getting in the military. Combine this with drawdowns and there's little choice but to give service members of all ranks pink slips.

We went through this in the Navy a couple years back and it has been devastating to our manpower. We have the same missions to do and far less assets to do them with.

32 posted on 08/01/2014 3:21:03 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Hang Tough, Drew!


33 posted on 08/01/2014 3:26:41 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Or they could take that $11 million sent to enforce Ukrane’s border and give it to our troops. Naw, that wouldn’t destroy America fast enough.


34 posted on 08/01/2014 3:32:19 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Drew68

Clinton did the same thing. It was only after 9/11 that people realized how exposed we were and began building the military back up.

Fortunately, what saved us last time was the ability to use technology to make our military more efficient and effective.


35 posted on 08/01/2014 3:33:41 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: cherry

You speak with much wisdom my friend...


36 posted on 08/01/2014 3:39:34 PM PDT by StraysDaddy (Don't call me a racist....I'm not a fan of Joe the fool either....)
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To: fr_freak

You are a fool without equal.....thinking Romney would have led America down the same path that this muslim POS impostor has America has followed.


37 posted on 08/01/2014 3:39:34 PM PDT by StraysDaddy (Don't call me a racist....I'm not a fan of Joe the fool either....)
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To: no-to-illegals; GeronL

I too am weary, but see my tagline.


38 posted on 08/01/2014 3:41:51 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Stay In The Fight)
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To: real saxophonist

Understand ...


39 posted on 08/01/2014 3:45:50 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“budget driven”. uh-huh.


40 posted on 08/01/2014 3:48:38 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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