From: "Rich Gauszka" 

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
news:443fb82c{at}w3....
> 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
> news:443fa1c5{at}w3....
>>> 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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