The Pentagon is currently firing thousands of soldiers experienced in the field of battle due to mandatory spending cuts.
For example, around 2,600 captains and other officers have been told ‘take a hike’ after risking their lives for all of us a soon as they leave their posts in Afghanistan.
Obama is weakening our military in many ways. A couple of examples would be…in the past few years he’s fired 200 of our top commanders for flimsy reasons and has eliminated highly successful programs like the Tomahawk missile. While at the same time he’s hiring illegal aliens into the military that he’s firing experienced soldiers.
Why would you fire experienced soldiers and hire illegal aliens that look like they couldn’t even pass the physical exam?
No legitimate president would weaken our military under any condition.
The Pentagon is laying off thousands of military officers, including those serving or who have recently served in Afghanistan.
Defense Department officials said the reductions are the result of mandatory spending cuts imposed by sequestration and are part of their larger plan to reduce the number of U.S. soldiers from 520,000 to 450,000.
Roughly 2,600 captains and other officers have or will be laid off, with more expected, Fox News learned Friday.
The decision to send pink slips to soldiers overseas on active duty is dangerous and bad for morale, says retired Major Gen. Robert Scales.
“It puts the soldier, the soldier’s family and the men under his command at risk,” said Scales, a Fox News contributor. “Young officers look at each other and wonder who is next.”
He said the Pentagon made a similar move after the Vietnam War.
The Army said the draw-down plan “is a balanced approach that maintains readiness while trying to minimize turbulence within the officer corps.”
On Thursday, Gen. John Campbell told Congress that 1,100 soldiers, including some currently serving in Afghanistan, would receiving pink slips due to sequestration budget cuts to the Defense Department.
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Wouldn’t the best bet be, stop recruiting so many people and let the ones already in the military finish their career?
Granted, there are a lot of concerns as to the current administration and the hits the military has taken because of Obama’s EO’s and policy. However, I have not read or heard of any ‘standards’ that the military has been forced to compromised as far as physical, mental or moral standards.
How about in this “O’Bama” reign we start doing something that makes sense? Let’s keep our military and rid ourselves of all this “illegal” nonsense of letting thousands of illegal humans into this country! Does that not make sense? Need there be more said?
This is terrible!! This just confirms that we should bring ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS OVERSEAS HOME A.S.A.P.. And send Obama and all the illegal immigrants over there!
Obama is looking through the military to find muslims so he can put them in higher offices. He seems to feel that patriotic, loyal soldiers must go. Impeach him.
Obama has help, our Pentagon defense department is led by a liberal coward who has always said our military should be much smaller.
He wants the USA defenseless so all his brothers can come Goose Stepping In.
I can see the ending and it doesn’t look good
Good boy. Keep that military industrial complex chugging along. They’ve got you right where they want you.
NO MORE TALKING – JUST IMPEACH – GET IT DONE FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE!!!