From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Interesting way of supporting the troops.


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> Some may have decided to getr out before that Texas Republican (Jeb
> Hensarling along with Judd Gregg ) succeeds in getting their retirement
> pay cut.
>
> http://www.moaa.org/TodaysOfficer/magazine/Spring2006/legislative_front.asp
>
> Today, another group bears watching - the Defense Advisory Committee on
> Military Compensation (DACMC). Initial indications are that DACMC will
> propose initiatives to reduce 20-year retirement value for future
> entrants. Sound familiar? One would think that past hard-learned lessons
> would have sticking power as the services again face significant
> recruiting problems and fear future retention/readiness fallout. One would
> also think wartime is an inauspicious occasion to send servicemembers a
> message that the government thinks they don't deserve their current
> benefits. But history shows that's no deterrent.
>
> In the mid-1990s - just a few years following the first Gulf war - there
> were 17 separate proposals to cut the military retirement system. Among
> them was a proposal by Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) that would have cut
> lifetime retired pay value by about one-third for a 20-year retiree.
>
> Now, with inflation and the deficit increasing and Defense leaders
> criticizing personnel costs as being "excessive and overly weighted toward
> retirees," we must watch out for budget hawks who forget that the unique
> military retirement system is an essential and hard-earned offset for a
> career of arduous service and sacrifice in defense of the country.
>
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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>> It might be interesting if we knew the numbers leaving the officer corps
>> by year.
>>
>> There may be an increase in the departure of Captains and Majors as well.
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
>>
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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>>>> This is gonna be a tough one to decide...
>>>
>>> Not for me!
>>>
>>> Is it just me, or does anything seem strange about so many retired
>>> generals lately?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "Monte Davis"  wrote in message
>>> news:go3v32h6qb81ovd394o9e27udp0a4i44ts{at}4ax.com...
>>>> "Mark"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Everyone hates any change in the status quo, these
whiners don't like
>>>>>that
>>>>>Rumsfeld is transforming our troops to coincide with
the future threats
>>>>>of
>>>>>this century.
>>>>
>>>> Gosh all whillikers: one one side I see
>>>>
>>>> Maj. Gen. Paul D. Eaton
>>>> Gen. Anthony C. Zinni
>>>> Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold
>>>> Maj. Gen. John Batiste
>>>> Maj. Gen. John  Riggs
>>>> Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr.
>>>> (not to mention Shinseki and half a dozen others since 2002)
>>>>
>>>> And on the other, Don "Goodness gracious"
Rumsfeld and Supreme
>>>> Strategist Mark of the Swift Booties.
>>>>
>>>> This is gonna be a tough one to decide...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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