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Posted: 7/7/2015 4:41:53 PM EDT



The U.S. Army plans to cut
40,000 troops over the next two years, affecting all its domestic and
foreign posts, USA Today reported on Tuesday, citing a plan it said was
due to be announced this week.


It said the plan also called for cutting 17,000 civilian employees, it added.





Link Posted: 7/7/2015 4:43:36 PM EDT
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How will they round us all up when Jade Helm kicks off
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 4:46:03 PM EDT
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They are going to transition those 40,000 troops into FEMA camp guards. That way they won't be so scary.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 4:48:08 PM EDT
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They keep this up,,,,, wont be much resistance to government take over   foreign or domestic
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 4:50:54 PM EDT
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In other news, federal employment sees a steady increase!
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 4:54:29 PM EDT
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They will start by booting EVERYONE with tattoos....inkies beware!
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:07:23 PM EDT
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No all white males are being kicked out cause racism and patriarchy.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:20:46 PM EDT
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No all white males are being kicked out cause racism and patriarchy.



this
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:22:39 PM EDT
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Yeah, cause we don't need no stinking troops if we ain't gonna fight no wars!
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:25:34 PM EDT
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This ends badly.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:25:42 PM EDT
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8% cut to force strength...



What could possibly go wrong?
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:26:49 PM EDT
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I wonder how many billets for General Officers were eliminated?

Oh, fucking wait, we have just as many Generals as we did in 1945!  Thank god, those guys are awesome.  Pretty soon "Squad Leader" will be a GO billet.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:27:11 PM EDT
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No all white males are being kicked out cause racism and patriarchy.
Especially those in the combat arms, most likely.  Got to make way for women and LGBQTBBQLMNOP or whatever the latest thing is.

 
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:27:50 PM EDT
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If something does happen in the future, they will be scrambling and lowering the standards.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:28:01 PM EDT
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No shit, we need some serious cuts at the O-6 to O-10 level.  Like 40% across DoD.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:29:25 PM EDT
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No shit, we need some serious cuts at the O-6 to O-10 level.  Like 40% across DoD.
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I wonder how many billets for General Officers were eliminated?



Oh, fucking wait, we have just as many Generals as we did in 1945!  Thank god, those guys are awesome.  Pretty soon "Squad Leader" will be a GO billet.




No shit, we need some serious cuts at the O-6 to O-10 level.  Like 40% across DoD.


This is true...



can we at least start with O-4/5s that are in BCTs and still have fuzzy rights?



 
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:31:26 PM EDT
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Just look at all the money they will save, more for the FSA.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:35:20 PM EDT
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You mean "when".
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:36:46 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:50:47 PM EDT
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This is what America wanted (and quite a few here in GD as well).

We get into a fight with more casualties than we had in Iraq and the draft notices will start flying after the IRR has been depleted.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth will be epic.

Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:52:43 PM EDT
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This is true...

can we at least start with O-4/5s that are in BCTs and still have fuzzy rights?
 
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I wonder how many billets for General Officers were eliminated?

Oh, fucking wait, we have just as many Generals as we did in 1945!  Thank god, those guys are awesome.  Pretty soon "Squad Leader" will be a GO billet.


No shit, we need some serious cuts at the O-6 to O-10 level.  Like 40% across DoD.

This is true...

can we at least start with O-4/5s that are in BCTs and still have fuzzy rights?
 


It's an inevitable consequence of getting rid of the higher level positions. It's like trickle down economics.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:54:16 PM EDT
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Obama needs that money to give out to his constituents.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 5:55:54 PM EDT
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We get into a fight with more casualties than we had in Iraq and the draft notices will start flying after the IRR has been depleted.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth will be epic.

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Amen Brother...
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:17:24 PM EDT
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That money can be used to buy votes.

GIs don't vote correctly, anyway.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:17:26 PM EDT
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The increase in the number of senior positions and grade inflation is because of the growth of government and the plethora of laws passed that actually specify the grade of the DoD representative
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:25:00 PM EDT
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Microgrants in America, or microgrants in Kabul and Baghdad?

Seems like a real conundrum, especially if your voters are geographically fixed.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:26:15 PM EDT
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Our soldiers are getting thrown under the bus again. And yet no talk of getting rid of the 30+ million (and climbing) illegal aliens sucking our social services, schools, jails, hospitals and other taxpayer funded institutions dry. No talk of cutting foreign aid, welfare, section 8, EBT, SNAP, TANF, WIC, Obama phones, corporate welfare or tax payer funded bailouts for too big to fail banks.

Maybe we should consider cutting all the useless, unauthorized, duplicate and bloated Gov agencies in DC first before we even think about cutting the military and direct support DoD civilians.

I have a very bad feeling in the near future we are going to witness something absolutely catastrophic happen to our once proud, strong and moral country. We are witnessing this republic slowly commit national suicide and I don’t know if we are going to be able to recover.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:26:23 PM EDT
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Amen Brother...
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This is what America wanted (and quite a few here in GD as well).

We get into a fight with more casualties than we had in Iraq and the draft notices will start flying after the IRR has been depleted.

The wailing and gnashing of teeth will be epic.




Amen Brother...



Bring on the draft....get those fat fucks off the xbox and onto the real battlefield.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:27:35 PM EDT
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And I'm sure that Generals and aspiring Generals played no part in that development.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:32:23 PM EDT
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This is what America wanted (and quite a few here in GD as well).



We get into a fight with more casualties than we had in Iraq and the draft notices will start flying after the IRR has been depleted.



The wailing and gnashing of teeth will be epic.









Amen Brother...






Bring on the draft....get those fat fucks off the xbox and onto the real battlefield.


Wider is better for bullet sponges?



 
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:33:31 PM EDT
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They managed to defy the Secdef (Hagel) when he ordered cuts.  I guess it's chess vs checkers when you're a flag grade:

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2013/07/24/the-pentagon-has-too-many-troops

The billions we spend each year on the DV airlift program alone would fucking stun the American people.  Nothing is to good for our rock stars Generals, though.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:39:07 PM EDT
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And I'm sure that Generals and aspiring Generals played no part in that development.



The whole of the Government does
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:41:15 PM EDT
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They could start by discharging all of the pregnant females as they are not eligible for deployment.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:41:25 PM EDT
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They managed to defy the Secdef (Hagel) when he ordered cuts.  I guess it's chess vs checkers when you're a flag grade:

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2013/07/24/the-pentagon-has-too-many-troops

The billions we spend each year on the DV airlift program alone would fucking stun the American people.  Nothing is to good for our rock stars Generals, though.
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They managed to defy the Secdef (Hagel) when he ordered cuts.  I guess it's chess vs checkers when you're a flag grade:

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2013/07/24/the-pentagon-has-too-many-troops

The billions we spend each year on the DV airlift program alone would fucking stun the American people.  Nothing is to good for our rock stars Generals, though.



Funny thing happen when the SECDEFs (actually ordered under Gates and Panetta)  ordered reductions three of the four services ignored him and actually increased their totals hedging for when cuts were put in law they would maintain what they thought they needed because they would only loose their previous plus UPS.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:46:30 PM EDT
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Are you kidding?  They get a year off now (counting their light duty and no chemicals/noises/vibrations/work/deployment during the 9 month period and four and a half months off).  Hell all they have to do is pop a kid out once a year and they never have to take a single PT test.  

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1764453_Navy_triples_paid_maternity_leave_to_18_weeks.html

My Mom had 8 kids in 10 years.  She could have been a general.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:47:24 PM EDT
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40,000 more people looking for jobs over the next two years!

Fucking brilliant!
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:51:49 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:52:03 PM EDT
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Idiots who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it.  Soviet union fell, China will suffer soon enough - but we have to go balls to the wall socialist, because that is what progressive has been for the last 130 year.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:52:41 PM EDT
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Guess you missed the "and 17,000 civilian employees." They are federal employees too.

Link Posted: 7/7/2015 6:56:03 PM EDT
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They must be needing a new gadget for the F-35.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:00:53 PM EDT
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They're cutting 17K civilians too.






Damn.  I'm glad I turned down that job at Aberdeen Proving Ground a couple months ago.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:02:32 PM EDT
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Good start.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:02:58 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:04:52 PM EDT
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So We shouldn't be at war unless it's an attack on US soil and if that happens start up the draft.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:10:52 PM EDT
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Yep, when cuts need to be made, the liberals always first start slashing the military. They can't take a penny from the money used for illegal aliens, Obamacare, Obamaphones and all the other socialist bullshit they spend OUR money on. But they most certainly can make drastic cuts to one of the few things Federal government actually has a responsibility in maintaining....a strong national defense.

I pray we don't get into a major war anytime soon. Our military was barely adequate in terms of overall size following the "Grow the Army Plan" initiated by the Bush administration. At the rate we are going, we aren't going to be able to deploy more than one fucking BCT at a time within a few years.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:14:09 PM EDT
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Yep, when cuts need to be made, the liberals always first start slashing the military. They can't take a penny from the money used for illegal aliens, Obamacare, Obamaphones and all the other socialist bullshit they spend OUR money on. But they most certainly can make drastic cuts to one of the few things Federal government actually has a responsibility in maintaining....a strong national defense.

I pray we don't get into a major war anytime soon. Our military was barely adequate in terms of overall size following the "Grow the Army Plan" initiated by the Bush administration. At the rate we are going, we aren't going to be able to deploy more than one fucking BCT at a time within a few years.
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I think welfare should be cut out all together.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:23:54 PM EDT
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Unfortunately I agree..........
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:38:11 PM EDT
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Yep, when cuts need to be made, the liberals always first start slashing the military. They can't take a penny from the money used for illegal aliens, Obamacare, Obamaphones and all the other socialist bullshit they spend OUR money on. But they most certainly can make drastic cuts to one of the few things Federal government actually has a responsibility in maintaining....a strong national defense.

I pray we don't get into a major war anytime soon. Our military was barely adequate in terms of overall size following the "Grow the Army Plan" initiated by the Bush administration. At the rate we are going, we aren't going to be able to deploy more than one fucking BCT at a time within a few years.
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Well we'll only have one so that's a good readiness stat
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:45:51 PM EDT
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The way things are going 40k will be leaving on their own.



Hardly any soldiers are reuping, they are taking their college money and running.

Hell my old company on has one E7 PSG and a E7 First SGT.




soldiers are fed up and the senior guys are just waiting until they hit 20yrs.




Sick of sharp, trannys, soon to be female Infantry PLs and other assorted BS






Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:47:52 PM EDT
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The way things are going 40k will be leaving on their own.

Hardly any soldiers are reuping, they are taking their college money and running.
Hell my old company on has one E7 PSG and a E7 First SGT.


soldiers are fed up and the senior guys are just waiting until they hit 20yrs.


Sick of sharp, trannys, soon to be female Infantry PLs and other assorted BS




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troof.

I can't wait to get out.
Link Posted: 7/7/2015 7:52:50 PM EDT
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The way things are going 40k will be leaving on their own.

Hardly any soldiers are reuping, they are taking their college money and running.
Hell my old company on has one E7 PSG and a E7 First SGT.


soldiers are fed up and the senior guys are just waiting until they hit 20yrs.


Sick of sharp, trannys, soon to be female Infantry PLs and other assorted BS




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The writing was on the wall in 2009/2010 for me.  My brother stayed in and has 13 years in.  He's been contemplating civillian options.
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