From: George Sherwood 

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:57:13 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:

>> BZZZT!!!  Wrong answer.  It just hasn't gone up that much.  You shouldn't
>> talk about shit you have no clue.  We aren't even talking Army here.
>
> Let's talk Army:
>
> US Army forces 50,000 soldiers into extended duty
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060129/pl_nm/iraq_usa_stoploss_dc;_ylt=AgwDRp3CU
nKuBMq3tuMWguGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-


Not sure what it has to do with bonuses.  But the stoploss program is
legal.  Courts have upheld over and over. The 50,000 is over a 4 year
period.  Somewhere around 12,000 now.  We are at war and we don't have a
draft. Stoploss is nothing new and well known.  It is used to maintain the
cohesion of units that are deploying to a war zone.  Continously splitting
up units was a bad thing in Vietnam and hurt effectiveness.

George

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