From: "Mark" 

So by your numbers less than 1% are currently under stop-loss and the total
ever affected was no more than 3% -- doesn't sound all that onerous to me
and it's not as if they switched playcards on the enlisted men after the
fact.

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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>
> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2006.01.28.17.54.33.71764{at}beernabeer.com...
>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:14:28 -0600, Robert G Lewis wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "George Sherwood" 
wrote in message
>>> news:pan.2006.01.28.16.54.10.72791{at}beernabeer.com...
>>>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:46:46 -0500, Robert Comer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Having re-ups is fine, but if nobody wants to go in
anymore, it's a
>>>>> war
>>>>> of
>>>>> attrition and we all know how well those turn out.
>>>>
>>>> The Army has met its goal for recruiting now for 3 months.
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060110-063639-6166
r
>>>>
>>>> George
>>>
>
>
> How many of the 50,000 since 911 have decided it's better to get the pay
> for re-upping than nothing since they can't get out anyway
>
> http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=34624
>
> Judge throws out challenge to Army's stop-loss program
>
>
> By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
> Mideast edition, Saturday, January 28, 2006
>
>
>
> A federal judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the Army's stop-loss
> program, which prohibits soldiers from leaving the Army if their unit is
> slated to deploy to the combat zone, court records say.
>
> The current stop-loss program has been in effect since January 2002, said
> Army spokeswoman Lt. Col. Pamela Hart.
>
> "Currently, there are approximately 12,500 soldiers under Stop-Loss: 7,600
> active duty soldiers, 2,450 reservists, and 2,450 National Guardsmen,"
> Hart said in an e-mail.
>
> "We estimate that approximately 50,000 of the more than 1.5 million
> soldiers who have been/are in the Army have been affected since 9-11."
>
>

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